The Odyssey Exam Questions and
Answers with Complete Solutions
Who composed the Odyssey? - ✔✔Homer
Where did Odysseus go to fight the war? - ✔✔Troy
Who is the king to whom Odysseus tells his story beginning the major
flashback in Book 9? - ✔✔Alcinous
Who is the king of Ithaca? - ✔✔Odysseus
King of the gods - ✔✔Zeus
goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare - ✔✔Athena
Odysseus' father - ✔✔Laertes
Blind prophet who advised Odysseus - ✔✔Tiresias
Creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths - ✔✔Sirens
Herald and messenger of the gods who gives Odysseus a magic herb to
help him against Circe - ✔✔Hermes
Leader of the suitors - ✔✔Antinous
Odysseus' wife - ✔✔Penelope
, Odysseus' fatal flaw is - ✔✔Arrogance, Extreme Pride
Who is Polyphemus' father? - ✔✔Poseidon
Why does Odysseus not kill Polyphemus where he lays? - ✔✔The Cyclops
is the only one strong enough to move the stone that is the barrier to exit
the cave
What fake name does Odysseus give Polyphemus? - ✔✔Nobody
What does Odysseus shove into Polyphemus' eye? - ✔✔A wooden spear
that has been heated
How does Odysseus get his men out of the Cyclops' cave? - ✔✔They hide
under the sheep
What creatures destroy all of Odysseus' ships except the one he is sailing
on? - ✔✔Laestrygonians
Who is the captain of the winds? - ✔✔Aeolus
What does Odysseus order his men to do when they reach the island of the
sun god? - ✔✔He orders them to NOT eat the cattle no matter how
tempting it may be
Who was the man that persuaded Odysseus' men to eat the cattle? -
✔✔Eurylochus
Answers with Complete Solutions
Who composed the Odyssey? - ✔✔Homer
Where did Odysseus go to fight the war? - ✔✔Troy
Who is the king to whom Odysseus tells his story beginning the major
flashback in Book 9? - ✔✔Alcinous
Who is the king of Ithaca? - ✔✔Odysseus
King of the gods - ✔✔Zeus
goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare - ✔✔Athena
Odysseus' father - ✔✔Laertes
Blind prophet who advised Odysseus - ✔✔Tiresias
Creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths - ✔✔Sirens
Herald and messenger of the gods who gives Odysseus a magic herb to
help him against Circe - ✔✔Hermes
Leader of the suitors - ✔✔Antinous
Odysseus' wife - ✔✔Penelope
, Odysseus' fatal flaw is - ✔✔Arrogance, Extreme Pride
Who is Polyphemus' father? - ✔✔Poseidon
Why does Odysseus not kill Polyphemus where he lays? - ✔✔The Cyclops
is the only one strong enough to move the stone that is the barrier to exit
the cave
What fake name does Odysseus give Polyphemus? - ✔✔Nobody
What does Odysseus shove into Polyphemus' eye? - ✔✔A wooden spear
that has been heated
How does Odysseus get his men out of the Cyclops' cave? - ✔✔They hide
under the sheep
What creatures destroy all of Odysseus' ships except the one he is sailing
on? - ✔✔Laestrygonians
Who is the captain of the winds? - ✔✔Aeolus
What does Odysseus order his men to do when they reach the island of the
sun god? - ✔✔He orders them to NOT eat the cattle no matter how
tempting it may be
Who was the man that persuaded Odysseus' men to eat the cattle? -
✔✔Eurylochus
