1) Who is the main character in the epic Greek poem the Odyssey?
9M Odysseus Literature Quiz

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Charles Jensen
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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