Odyssey Quiz: Books XXIII–XXIV
A reading quiz covers Books XXIII through XXIV of the Odyssey.
Version A
GREAT BOOKSMr. Reed
Quiz – The Odyssey (XXIII–XXIV)
NameDatePer.
Since all names are provided somewhere on the quiz, correct spelling is required.
1.
What is Penelope’s first reaction to the news that Odysseus is back?
2.
With the suitors slain, what does Odysseus worry about?
3.
What piece of furniture does Odysseus tell about in order to prove his identity?
4.
Who - in Hades - laments the fact that Agamemnon’s wife was unfaithful?
5.
Who is Laertes?
6.
How does Odysseus prove his identity to Laertes?
7.
Whose father stirs up the suitors’ families to seek revenge?
8.
Which god actually ends the blood-feud?
9.
Who tries to get in the last blow?
10.
What was Homer’s handicap?
- ACHILLES
- AGAMEMNON
- AMPHIMEDON
- ANTINOOS
- ATHENA
- LAERTES
- POSEIDON
- ZEUS
BONUS:
A.
Which of the suitors had actually entertained Agamemnon while that king tried to get Odysseus to go to the Trojan War?
Version B
GREAT BOOKSMr. Reed
Quiz – The Odyssey (XXIII–XXIV)
NameDatePer.
Since all names are provided somewhere on the quiz, correct spelling is required.
1.
Who does Penelope believe must have killed the suitors rather than Odysseus?
2.
What gift does Athena give the reunited Odysseus and Penelope?
3.
How do the heroes in Hades respond to the suitors’ story of their own death?
4.
Who - in Hades - came home to a wife quite the opposite of Penelope?
5.
What is Odysseus’ father’s name?
6.
How does Odysseus prove his identity to his father?
7.
Who slays Eupeithes? [I want a name.]
8.
How does Zeus end the blood-feud?
9.
Who negotiates the peace in the form of Mentor?
10.
Who is Rouse?
- ACHILLES
- AGAMEMNON
- AMPHIMEDON
- ANTINOOS
- ATHENA
- LAERTES
- POSEIDON
- ZEUS
BONUS:
A.
Which of the suitors had actually entertained Agamemnon while that king tried to get Odysseus to go to the Trojan War?