The Odyssey Test Review UPDATED
Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is part 1 of the Odyssey primarily about? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔heroic deeds
Identify the description of an epic hero. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔"Now I let go with
hands and feet, plunging/ straight into the foam beside the timbers,/ pulled astride, and rowed
hard with my hands/ to pass b Scylla."
What does the epithet "Laertes' son" emphasize? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Odysseus'
loyalty to his family
How can the role of Zeus in Odysseus' adventures be most accurately described? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Zeus controls the weather by which Odysseus sails.
Which aspect of Odysseus' character keeps him from giving his heart to Calypso or to Circe?
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He is eager to get back to Ithaca.
While exploring the cave of the Cyclops, what might Odysseus hope the Cyclops will offer? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An exciting challenge
"When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose lit up the world, the Cyclops built a fire" can
be reworded as: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔At daybreak, the Cyclops built a fire.
What character trait does Odysseus demonstrate by lying about his name to the Cyclops? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Creativity
Interpret the meaning of the following lines from the Odyssey: "Let him lose all companions,
and return under strange sail to bitter days at home." - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Let
Odysseus return home, alone and troubled.
, At what point does Odysseus show the human side of his character? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He weeps upon meeting Elpenor's ghost in Hades.
Which character trait does Odysseus display when he listens to the Sirens' song? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔self-sacrifice
What is demonstrated by Odysseus' failure to wake up and prevent his men from slaughtering
the sun god's cattle? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The power of the gods
Odysseus' comment t Telemachus, "This is not princely, to be swept/ away by wonder at your
father's presence," means that ancient Greek princes: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔showed
little emotion
Identify an example of a simile. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Odysseus stood watching the
unruly suitors like a captain surveying a rough sea.
How can the Argus episode best be summarized? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Odysseus'
faithful dog Argus, weak through neglect and abuse, wags his tail at the sound of Odysseus'
voice, and then he dies.
What does the episode about Argus emphasize about the plot in Part 2? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔the length of Odysseus' absence from home.
Which of Telemachus' actions best demonstrates his obedience to his father? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔His silence when Antinous confronts Odysseus.
What is one result of Odysseus' initial exchange wit the suitor Antnous? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Penelope summons the ""beggar" Odysseus and questions him.
Why is the episode in which Penelope invites the old beggar to her room important? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔allows suspense to build
Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is part 1 of the Odyssey primarily about? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔heroic deeds
Identify the description of an epic hero. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔"Now I let go with
hands and feet, plunging/ straight into the foam beside the timbers,/ pulled astride, and rowed
hard with my hands/ to pass b Scylla."
What does the epithet "Laertes' son" emphasize? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Odysseus'
loyalty to his family
How can the role of Zeus in Odysseus' adventures be most accurately described? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Zeus controls the weather by which Odysseus sails.
Which aspect of Odysseus' character keeps him from giving his heart to Calypso or to Circe?
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He is eager to get back to Ithaca.
While exploring the cave of the Cyclops, what might Odysseus hope the Cyclops will offer? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔An exciting challenge
"When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose lit up the world, the Cyclops built a fire" can
be reworded as: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔At daybreak, the Cyclops built a fire.
What character trait does Odysseus demonstrate by lying about his name to the Cyclops? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Creativity
Interpret the meaning of the following lines from the Odyssey: "Let him lose all companions,
and return under strange sail to bitter days at home." - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Let
Odysseus return home, alone and troubled.
, At what point does Odysseus show the human side of his character? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He weeps upon meeting Elpenor's ghost in Hades.
Which character trait does Odysseus display when he listens to the Sirens' song? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔self-sacrifice
What is demonstrated by Odysseus' failure to wake up and prevent his men from slaughtering
the sun god's cattle? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The power of the gods
Odysseus' comment t Telemachus, "This is not princely, to be swept/ away by wonder at your
father's presence," means that ancient Greek princes: - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔showed
little emotion
Identify an example of a simile. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Odysseus stood watching the
unruly suitors like a captain surveying a rough sea.
How can the Argus episode best be summarized? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Odysseus'
faithful dog Argus, weak through neglect and abuse, wags his tail at the sound of Odysseus'
voice, and then he dies.
What does the episode about Argus emphasize about the plot in Part 2? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔the length of Odysseus' absence from home.
Which of Telemachus' actions best demonstrates his obedience to his father? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔His silence when Antinous confronts Odysseus.
What is one result of Odysseus' initial exchange wit the suitor Antnous? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Penelope summons the ""beggar" Odysseus and questions him.
Why is the episode in which Penelope invites the old beggar to her room important? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔allows suspense to build
