Odyssey Background & Introduction Quiz

Who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey?

Why would it have been difficult for the author to actually write?

The Odyssey is the ____________ to the Iliad?

How were poems passed down in Greek Culture?

• They were not passed down

• Orally

• Through written documents

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an epic?

• Involves a hero

• Long, narrative poem

• New aged writing

Greeks believe in _______ Gods known as _______.

• One; mortal

• Multiple; immortals

• Multiple; mortals

Who is the main character in The Odyssey?

• Menelaus

• Laertes

• Odysseus

• Penelope

The Iliad tells us the cause of ____________.

• Odysseus' journey home

• The Trojan War

• Odysseus' love for his people

• The death of Odysseus

Odysseus was married to __________ and had one son named __________.

• Paris; Achilles

• Penelope; Menelaus

• Penelope; Telemachus

• Hera; Laertes

Who is the Goddess that helps Odysseus?

• Athena

• Hera

• Aprohdite

• Penelope