The Odyssey Quiz

Towards the end of the epic, Odysseus is finally allowed to return home. What is the name of his home?

• The Underworld

• Troy

• Thebes

• Ithaca

Who is a female characters that is portrayed with the trait of loyalty in The Odyssey?

• Circe

• Telemachus

• Eurycleia

• Antinous

At the end of The Odyssey, Odysseus and Telemachus are given retribution, or payback, against which group for their transgressions (dishonorable acts)?

• the gods

• Suitors

• Acheans

• Cyclopses

"Salt tears rose from the wells of longing of both men, and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering as those of a great taloned hawk, whose nestlings farmers take before they fly. So helplessly they cried, pouring out tears, and might have gone weeping until sundown."

Identify the literary device used.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Foreshadowing

• Homeric simile

"Salt tears rose from the wells of longing of both men, and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering as those of a great taloned hawk, whose nestlings farmers take before they fly. So helplessly they cried, pouring out tears, and might have gone weeping until sundown."

Identify what is happening here.

• Odysseus and Argos are reuniting.

• Odysseus and Eumaeus are reuniting.

• Odysseus and Telemachus are reuniting.

• Odysseus and Penelope are reuniting.

For the excerpt "He lay on a mass of dung before the gates—manure of mules and cows, piled there until field hands could spread it in the king’s estate... But when he knew he heard Odysseus's voice nearby, he did his best to wag his tail...", identify the literary device used.

• Homeric Simile

• Metaphor

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

For the excerpt "He lay on a mass of dung before the gates—manure of mules and cows, piled there until field hands could spread it in the king’s estate... But when he knew he heard Odysseus's voice nearby, he did his best to wag his tail...", identify the character being described.

• Telemachus

• Argos

• Antinous

• Athena

For the excerpt "Odysseus, brooding over the shameless behavior of the maidservant and suitors, longs to destroy his enemies but fears the revenge of his friends. Athena reassures him. Odysseus is told that the suitors will die.", identify the literary device used.

• Foreshadowing

• Homeric Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

For the excerpt "Odysseus, brooding over the shameless behavior of the maidservant and suitors, longs to destroy his enemies but fears the revenge of his friends. Athena reassures him. Odysseus is told that the suitors will die." identify what Odysseus is upset about.

• The suitors have killed all of the servants.

• Telemachus has killed all the suitors and servants.

• The suitors and servants are still alive.

• Penelope married one of the suitors

“Fear in his eyes, he looked down and away as though it were a god, and whispered: ‘Stranger you are no longer as you were just now! Your cloak is new; even your skin! You are one of the gods who rule the sweep of heaven! Be kind to us, we’ll make you fair oblation of gifts and hammered gold. Have mercy on us!’” Please identify what is happening here.

• Telemachus thinks Odysseus is a god.

• The swineherd thinks Odysseus is a god.

• Penelope thinks Odysseus is a god.

• Antinous thinks Odysseus is a god.