WorksheetsThe Odyssey - Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 45mins
What type of poetry is The Odyssey?
lyric
epic
emotional
myth
Who is the author of The Odyssey?
Vergil
Sophocles
Aescylus
Homer
What isn't true about the author?
He was blind
There is no credible information about him.
He was the child of a muse.
He also wrote Metamorphoses.
Who recited works like The Odyssey?
Shepherds
Muses
Rhapsodists
Poets
What is the prequel to The Odyssey?
(a)
In what poetic meter is The Odyssey written?
Dactylic Hexameter
Iambic Pentameter
Dactylic Pentameter
Trochaic Tetrameter
What is xenia?
Hospitality
Honor
Loyalty
Heroism
The wife of Odysseus
Eurycleia
Penelope
Telemachus
Calypso
Homeland of Odysseus
Pylos
Sparta
Ithaca
Troy
Where Odysseus starts his journey
Troy
Sparta
Corinth
Ithaca
What animal does Circe turn Odysseus' men into?
doves
sheep
cows
pigs
What type of flower makes the men forget past and present?
Lotus
Lily
Rose
Dahlia
Which god does Odysseus anger?
Zeus
Poseidon
Apollo
Hermes
What name does Odysseus give to Polyphemus?
Cool guy
Odysseus
Monster-Slayer
Nobody
Odysseus' son
(a)
Draw Charybdis.
Who is Maron?
The leader of the Phaeacians
The high priest of Apollo
King of Sparta
The high priest of Poseidon
How long is Odysseus on Circe's island?
1 year
5 years
7 years
10 years
Which god/goddess helped Odysseus escape Circe?
(a)
What big mistake does Odysseus make as he sails away from the Cyclops' island?
Who gives Odysseus a bag of wind?
Aeolus
Athene
Hyperion
Poseidon
Which suitor was the most vocal against Telemachus?
Eumaeus
Pisistratus
Antinous
Mentor
Who was punished by having to push a rock up a hill?
(a)
Who wins the archery competition?
(a)
Who recognizes Odysseus because of an old scar?
Telemachus
Penelope
Eumaeus
Eurycleia
Laertes
Odysseus' grandfather
Odysseus' son
Odysseus' father
Odysseus' adviser
Where Odysseys meets Tiresias
(a)
What Penelope does to trick the suitors
To whom does Telemachus visit to hear of news about his father?
Menelaus and Helen
King Nestor
King Alcinous
Athene
How did Odysseus feel while hearing the bard sing on the Phaeacian Island?
Which god/goddesses help Odysseus?
Athene
Hermes
Apollo
Poseidon
What Odysseus helped design to win the Trojan War
How did Odysseus and his men escape Polyphemus?
Give an example of xenia in the story (bad or good).
What did the Greco-Roman people believe about heroes and heroism?
Should Odysseus be considered a hero?
Yes
No
Who disguises themselves as Mentes?
(a)
Why was Mentor/Mentes mad at the men loyal to Odysseus at his house?
Who proposed marriage to Odysseus?
Nestor
Penelope
Nausicaa
Eurycleia
What animal did Athene change herself into at the end of the story?
(a)
