The Odyssey Books 1-18 Quiz

Which god/dess helps Odysseus the most?

• Hermes

• Poseidon

• Athena

• Aphrodite

A goddess and enchantress who changes men into animals

• Telemachus

• Sirens

• Circe

• Calypso

Odysseus' son

• Laertes

• Eurylochus

• Eumaeus

• Telemachus

God of sea, earthquakes, and horses

• Poseidon

• Polyphemus

• Helios

• Apollo

The sun god

• Apollo

• Laertes

• Helios

• Hermes

A dangerous six-headed sea monster who eats six of Odysseus' men

• Athena

• Sirens

• Charybdis

• Scylla

Son of Poseidon, One eyed giant

• Telemachus

• Hermes

• Apollo

• Polyphemus

Character who weaves a burial shroud by day and takes it apart by night

• Scylla

• Penelope

• Circe

• Athena

Who is the first to find out that Odysseus has returned to Ithaca?

• Eumaeus the swineherd

• Telemachus

• Euryclea, the nurse

• Penelope

What happens as a result of Odysseus's men feasting on the cattle that belong to Helios?

• They encounter a huge storm

• All of Odysseus's men die.

• Odysseus's ship is destroyed.

• All of the above