9M Odysseus Literature Quiz

9M Odysseus Literature Quiz

8th - 9th Grade

10 Qs

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9M Odysseus Literature Quiz

9M Odysseus Literature Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th - 9th Grade

Medium

Created by

Charles Jensen

Used 22+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1) Who is the main character in the epic Greek poem the Odyssey?

Oedipus

Achilles

Hercules

Odysseus

Perseus

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

2) Who LIKELY/POSSIBLY wrote the Odyssey and when did he write it?

Homer in the 8th century BC

Virgil in 60 BC

Shakespeare in 1590 AD

Pindar in the 5th century BC

Sophocles in 450 BC

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

3) After what war did the Odyssey take place?

Persian War

Peloponnesian War

War of the Roses

One Hundred Years War

Trojan War

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

4) How did Odysseus and his men escape from the Cyclops?

They tricked the Cyclops into thinking that they were other Cyclopes

They put the Cyclops to sleep by feeding him a magic plant

They snuck away by hiding under his sheep when they went out to graze

They gave the Cyclops a riddle he could not solve

They prayed to Zeus to deliver them

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

5) Who was Aeolus?

The Cyclops who nearly killed Odysseus and his men

A sea monster with six heads

The king of the Lotus-eaters

The god of winds who gave Odysseus a bag filled with the winds of the world

A nymph who kept Odysseus captive for seven years

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

6) Counting the years of the Trojan War and the time it took him to travel home, how long was Odysseus away from home?

1 year

7 years

10 years

20 years

50 years

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

7) Who was Argos in the Odyssey?

One of the men trying to marry Penelope

The god of the winds

A siren who tried to lure Odysseus with her song

The faithful dog of Odysseus who was the only one to recognize him

A monster that killed many of the shipmates

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