LUOA The Odyssey Test Actual Questions
and CORRECT Answers
cerebus - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What is Hades' animal / symbol?
orally - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔How was mythology originally recorded?
Homer - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Who is the best known author of Greek mythology?
He was the most beautiful man alive - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Why is Paris chosen to
solve the goddess' dispute?
Aphrodite - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Which goddess promises Helen to Paris?
Odysseus - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Who ordered the use of the horse to gain entrance into
Troy?
Xenia - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The Greeks believed that Zeus had divinely established
this law, which means that you are required to give hospitality to strangers. This was known
as:
Out of Fear of the gods - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Why did the Greeks do good deeds and
serve in religious ceremonies?
Epic - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A piece of literature that is a long narrative (traditionally a
poem) that follows the journey of a great hero and his interactions with the gods and his fate
is known as...
Invoking the muse - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Epic poems often begin with...
Starts in the middle of the action - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔If a story begins in media res,
that means it...
, Hamartia - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A hero's major character flaw is known as...
Excessive pride - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Odysseus' fatal flaw is:
Zeus - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Which god or goddess is symbolized by a lightning bolt?
Poseidon - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Which god or goddess is symbolized by a trident?
Wise Mentor - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What is the term for a hero's main helper, who
provides training, insight, and saves the hero?
The Ordinary World - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A hero begins his journey in...
-Giving the hero something he must overcome
-Teaching a moral lesson to the reader
-Making the hero relatable - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The hero's fatal flaw serve many
purposes in the story, including...
Calypso's island - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Where is Odysseus trapped at the beginning of
the story?
he plucked out Polyphemus's eye - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What did Odysseus do to
Polyphemus that angered Poseidon?
Hospitality - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Xenia is the divine art of
She weaves a burial shroud then undoes it - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔How does Penelope
keep the suitors from forcing her to make a choice?
and CORRECT Answers
cerebus - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What is Hades' animal / symbol?
orally - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔How was mythology originally recorded?
Homer - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Who is the best known author of Greek mythology?
He was the most beautiful man alive - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Why is Paris chosen to
solve the goddess' dispute?
Aphrodite - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Which goddess promises Helen to Paris?
Odysseus - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Who ordered the use of the horse to gain entrance into
Troy?
Xenia - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The Greeks believed that Zeus had divinely established
this law, which means that you are required to give hospitality to strangers. This was known
as:
Out of Fear of the gods - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Why did the Greeks do good deeds and
serve in religious ceremonies?
Epic - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A piece of literature that is a long narrative (traditionally a
poem) that follows the journey of a great hero and his interactions with the gods and his fate
is known as...
Invoking the muse - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Epic poems often begin with...
Starts in the middle of the action - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔If a story begins in media res,
that means it...
, Hamartia - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A hero's major character flaw is known as...
Excessive pride - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Odysseus' fatal flaw is:
Zeus - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Which god or goddess is symbolized by a lightning bolt?
Poseidon - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Which god or goddess is symbolized by a trident?
Wise Mentor - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What is the term for a hero's main helper, who
provides training, insight, and saves the hero?
The Ordinary World - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A hero begins his journey in...
-Giving the hero something he must overcome
-Teaching a moral lesson to the reader
-Making the hero relatable - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The hero's fatal flaw serve many
purposes in the story, including...
Calypso's island - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Where is Odysseus trapped at the beginning of
the story?
he plucked out Polyphemus's eye - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What did Odysseus do to
Polyphemus that angered Poseidon?
Hospitality - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Xenia is the divine art of
She weaves a burial shroud then undoes it - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔How does Penelope
keep the suitors from forcing her to make a choice?
