The Odyssey: Books 6 - 10 Quiz

Whom does Nausicaa find when she goes to the river?

• The queen

• Odysseus

• Suitors

• Athena

What does King Alcinous give Odysseus?

• gold to buy supplies for his journey

• a ship to sail home

• his daughter's hand in marriage

• a home in his kingdom

When Odysseus told King Alcinous about his journey, the purpose of his flashback is to . . .

• give background about how Odysseus left his home

• explain how Odysseus became king

• show how the gods have played a role in his journey

• describe his family and his life in Ithaca

Who is the Cyclops Polyphemus’s father?

• Zeus

• Odysseus

• Cicones

• Poseidon

What does Odysseus say that his name is?

• Alcinous

• Nobody

• Somebody

• Achilles

What do Odysseus and his men do to Polyphemus when he gets drunk?

• Run out of the cave

• Kill him

• Blind him

• Call out to his neighbors

What does Circe do to some of Odysseus’s men?

• She seduces them.

• She turns them into pigs.

• She devours them.

• She sends them back to Ithaca.

What does the god of wind, Aeolus, give Odysseus?

• Advice for his future interaction with Circe

• A bag of winds that will direct him home

• Predictions of future dangerous situations

• All that he needs to defeat Poseidon in battle

Why does Odysseus stay with Circe for 5 years?

• He cannot escape as a pig.

• He does not have a working ship.

• He gives up on his journey.

• He becomes Circe’s lover.