Odyssey test: The Odyssey: Full Book Quiz Quiz: Quick Quiz

The Odyssey: Full Book Quiz Quiz: Quick Quiz

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25

In Penelope’s archery contest, through how many axes must Odysseus fire his arrow?

• two

• eight

• twelve

• thirty

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25

Which plant makes the sailors forget their desire to return home?

• Lotus

• Poppy

• Lethe-root

• Hemlock

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How does Athena disguise herself to make preparations for Telemachus’s journey?

• As a beggar

• As Antinous

• As Mentor

• As Mephistopheles

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Who is Argos?

• The master of the winds

• Penelope’s chief suitor

• The Cyclops

• Odysseus’s old dog

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Who first finds Odysseus on the island of Scheria?

• Telemachus

• King Alcinous

• Nausicaa

• Circe

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Who has an affair with Eurymachus?

• Melantho

• Penelope

• Circe

• Helen

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Menelaus is king of which city?

• Pylos

• Argos

• Athens

• Sparta

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25

Eurycleia recognizes Odysseus based on what distinguishing feature?

• A scar on his leg

• His cunning

• The sound of his voice

• His “noble bearing”

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25

How is Odysseus able to listen safely to the Sirens’ song?

• He has his men bind him to the ship’s mast.

• Athena makes the Sirens appear ugly to him.

• He eats a lotus flower, rendering him unable to swim
  to the Sirens’ island.

• He isn’t; he plugs his ears with wax as the ship passes the
  Sirens’ island.

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25

Who begs Odysseus to bury him?

• Laertes

• Polyphemus

• Elpenor

• Achilles

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25

Of what did Odysseus’s mother die?

• Grief

• Drowning

• Old age

• Starvation

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25

How old is Telemachus at the start of the epic?

• Early thirties

• Early teens

• Early twenties

• Late forties

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25

What happens to the disloyal maids after they clean the blood from the great hall?

• They are hanged.

• They are forgiven.

• They are whipped.

• They are dismissed from the palace.

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What does Tiresias warn Odysseus not to harm on his voyage?

• The eagle of the Moon

• The serpent of the Seas

• The cattle of the Sun

• The badger of the Mountains

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Who kills Antinous’s father?

• Eumaeus

• Odysseus

• Telemachus

• Laertes

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25

In about what year was the Odyssey composed?

• c. e. 1590

• 700 b.c.e.

• 200 b.c.e.

• 1200 b.c.e.

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Who transforms Odysseus’s sailors into pigs?

• Calypso

• Athena

• Poseidon

• Circe

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25

Odysseus left Penelope bound for what city?

• Orinda

• Athens

• Sparta

• Troy

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Which goddess often assists Odysseus and Telemachus, and speaks up for them in the councils of the gods on Mount Olympus?

• Calypso

• Athena

• Circe

• Melantho

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25

Why does Poseidon despise Odysseus?

• Odysseus does not respect the sea.

• Odysseus and his men attacked him.

• Odysseus tricked him with a disguise.

• Odysseus blinded his son.

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Which two characters provide a point of comparison for Odysseus and Telemachus?

• Athena and Zeus

• Poseidon and Proteus

• Helen and Menelaus

• Agamemnon and Orestes

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25

Who does Zeus send to rescue Odysseus from Calypso?

• Hermes

• Athena

• Poseidon

• Nausicaa

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25

What did Ajax do to bring disaster upon the homecoming Greek fleet?

• He ate all of the army’s remaining rations.

• He murdered sheep.

• He led the fleet between Scylla and Charybis.

• He raped Cassandra.

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25

What gift does Telemachus accept from Menelaus?

• A monkey

• A chariot and team of horses

• A silver mixing-bowl finished with a
  lip of gold

• A band of goats

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25

How long does Odysseus spend on Calypso’s island?

• One year

• Seven years

• Ten years

• Three years

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1. 1
   According to legend, in what sense was Homer deficient?

   Hearing

   Sight

   Taste

   Touch

2. 2
   What is the Greek term for hospitality?

   Dactlyic

   Warrior Princess

   Nostos

   Xenia

3. 3
   What immortal is Odysseus’ greatest ally?

   Poseidon

   Athena

   Zeus

   Hermes

4. 4
   What immortal is Odysseus’ greatest nemesis?

   Athena

   Zeus

   Poseidon

   Hermes

5. 5
   Which immortal rules over the other gods?

   Hermes

   Athena

   Zeus

   Poseidon

6. 6
   What name does Odysseus first give to Polyphemus?

   He does not give him a name

   Nothing

   No one

   Nobody

7. 7
   Which immortal imprisons Odysseus on her island for eight years?

   Calypso

   Athena

   Circe

   Penelope

8. 8
   How did Penelope try to trick the suitors at first by weaving a shroud?

   She worked on it very slowly

   She unwound the shroud each night

   She took on other projects as well

   She did a shoddy job of weaving

9. 9
   What animals are Odysseus’ men turned into by Circe?

   Snakes

   Rabbits

   Horses

   Pigs

10. 10
    Which younger character most likely has a crush on Odysseus?

    Telemachus’ girlfriend

    Nausicaa

    Melantho

    Athena

11. 11
    Which male servant is the least faithful to Odysseus?

    Eumaeus

    Philoitios

    Mentor

    Melanthius

12. 12
    Which female servant is the least faithful to Odysseus?

    Pilates

    Melantho

    Nausicaa

    Eurykleia

13. 13
    Which suitor dies first?

    Eurymakhos

    Antinous

    Amphinomos

    Agelaos

14. 14
    Which suitor is the most rational?

    Amphinomos

    Eurymakhos

    Antinoos

    Agelaos

15. 15
    Which suitor is the most hotheaded?

    Antinous

    Eurymakhos

    Amphinomos

    Agelaos

16. 16
    How does Eurykleia identify Odysseus?

    By his hair

    By his eyes

    By his scar

    By his teeth

17. 17
    How does Odysseus prove his identity to Penelope?

    By his knowledge of her birthmark

    By his knowledge of their bed

    By his knowledge of her ancestry

    By a private joke

18. 18
    What does Odysseus disguise himself as in the palace?

    A salesman

    A king

    A beggar

    A bard

19. 19
    What is Odysseus frequently compared to in omens and dreams?

    A shark

    A bird of prey

    A lion

    A rabbit

20. 20
    Who is Odysseus’ father?

    Achilles

    Laertes

    Telemachus

    Agamemnon

21. 21
    What is the descriptive tag frequently attached to a character’s name called (i. e., «gray-eyed Athena»)?

    Homeric slang

    Homeric identification

    Homeric curse

    Homeric epithet

22. 22
    What is the comparative description frequently attached to a natural phenomenon (i.e., «the wine-dark sea») called?

    Homeric definition

    Homeric comparison

    Homeric simile

    Homeric metaphor

23. 23
    How many «acts,» or distinct, major, and equal sections of narrative, is The Odyssey broken into?

    Three

    One

    Two

    Four

24. 24
    How did Homer originally convey the poem to others?

    Through spoken word

    Through lectures

    Through song

    Through publication

25. 25
    What rhythm and meter was The Odyssey originally composed in?

    Blank verse

    Anapestic tetrameter

    Dactylic hexameter

    Iambic pentameter

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What special items, described in lines 137-156, have Odysseus brought with him?

From the text:

«I had a goatskin full of that sweet liquor.»

«seven shining golden talents perfectly formed, a solid silver winebowl, and then this liquor—twelve two-handled jars of brandy, pure and fiery.»

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What details are important about Penelope’s appearance when she shows up, and how so?

I don’t think that Penelope was seen as beautiful. Penelope is valued for more than her appearance, but beauty was an attribute that she did possess. Homer even goes so far as to compare her with Artemis or even golden Aphrodite.

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Argos the Dog

Aside from being one of the most memorable and sympathetic figures in the poem, Argos can also be seen as a symbol for the fidelity of Odysseus’ household in his absence. The implication is that Argos could not die until his master returned, out…

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Odyssey’s Travels

Swimming of the epic hero

When it comes to a long journey, we often use the word «odyssey». What is its etymology? Odysseus is one of the participants in the Trojan War. For 10 years he was at the walls of Ilion and then returned to his native land for the same amount. But why was his journey so long? You can swim from Troy to Ithaca in a few days. Where can you wander for almost 10 years? The answer is obvious: the gods did their best.

It is worth saying that if the Iliad, the first poem by Homer, tells us about the representatives of the ancient Greek pantheon, war, heroes, then the Odyssey is full of incredible stories about encounters with outlandish, sometimes terrible creatures. In addition, the author gives a detailed description of the life of the ancient Greeks. The fact is that another storyline can be traced in the work: while the cunning king of Ithaca is trying to return to his homeland, his beautiful wife Penelope is faithfully waiting for him. And she languishes without a husband, as mentioned above, for almost 20 years. And at this time, suitors besiege her house. Still would! Not only can you not take your eyes off Penelope, but she is also the queen of Ithaca. The grooms are having fun, becoming more and more obsessive day by day. And there is no one to kick them out. The son of Odysseus, Telemachus, is still too young. The unhappy woman decides to go for a trick. She sets the condition that she will not marry until the carpet is woven. Every day Penelope sits at work, and at night she undoes what she has done.

Jacob Jordaens Odysseus and Polyphemus. Source: Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin

Meanwhile, Odysseus paves the way to his native Ithaca. He undergoes many tests from the very beginning of his journey. As soon as the Greek fleet set sail from the walls of Ilion, a terrible storm came up and scattered all the ships. Odysseus and his companions miraculously survived. But that was only the beginning of a dangerous adventure.

Penelope, 1894 Bela Chicos-Sesia. Source: Contemporary Gallery, Zagreb

If the wanderings of Odysseus are arranged in chronological order, then we get 12 stories: a visit to the country of lotophages, adventures on the island of Polyphemus, arrival in Aeolia, trying on pigskin from the sorceress Kirka, descent into Hades, meeting with sirens in the sea, swimming between Scylla and Charybdis, stay on Trinacia, captivity at Calypso, court of Alcinous, return to Ithaca and reprisals against Penelope’s suitors.

Sirens and Odysseus. Source: wikipedia.org

The finale of the poem is the triumph of poetic justice: good is rewarded, evil is destroyed. The gods take the last word:

Soon afterwards, the alliance between the tsar and the people was strengthened by
The victim and the great oath took Mentors the image of
The bright daughter of the Thunderer, the goddess Athena Pallas.

Influence of Homeric texts

Homer’s poems occupy a central position in ancient culture. Scholars call these texts the «bible of the Greeks». This is confirmed by Plato, who believed that Homer raised Hellas. According to the works of Aed, Greek children learned the basics of reading. They referred to Homer, gave comments, explained allegorically. The Pythagorean philosophers assured that reading selected passages from the storyteller’s poems could correct the soul.

«Odysseus and Calypso», 1833 Arnold Böcklin. Source: Basel Art Museum

For a man of Antiquity, Homer’s texts symbolized unity and heroism, represented wisdom and contributed to the knowledge of all aspects of life. Among the numerous works of antiquity that have come down to our days, none has had such a strong impact on the further development of human culture as the Iliad and the Odyssey. The tragic poet Aeschylus called his dramas «the crumbs from the great feasts of Homer.» Grigory Skovoroda believed that Homer was the first prophet of the ancient Greeks. “Homer gives to every person, regardless of his age, exactly as much as he is able to take,” said Dion Chrysostom, an ancient Roman orator, writer, philosopher and historian, about the great aed.

Statue of Poseidon. Source: pinterest.ru

In the 3rd century BC e. Livy Andronicus introduced Rome to Greek literature and was the first to translate the Odyssey into Latin. At the end of the 15th c. translations of Homer made by the Italian poet Poliziano appeared. In the 18th century Alexander Pope created his own translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey into English, and Johann Heinrich Voss into German. In 1842, Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky began working on The Odyssey, who was called by Pushkin the genius of translation.

The wanderings of the hero of Troy did not leave indifferent later Russian poets. “And, having left the ship that had worked the canvas in the seas, Odysseus returned, full of space and time,” wrote Mandelstam. Brodsky differently interpreted the image of the returned king of Ithaca:

The Trojan War is over. Who won — I don’t remember.
Must be the Greeks: so many dead people
outside the home only Greeks can quit …
And still leading home
the road was too long,
like Poseidon while we’re there
lost time, stretched space.

Homer’s poem gave us a lot of popular expressions: between Scylla and Charybdis, Tantalum’s flour, Penelope’s yarn and others.

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«Saturn Devouring His Son»

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9000 immortal gods,» as Aeolus calls him. Why hateful? Perhaps because he placed himself on the same level as the gods? The conflict with Poseidon and his son Polyphemus is a conflict of a person with a ruthless and cruel natural element, much stronger and more unpredictable, and a dull unfair force and a limited, almost undeveloped mind. At the same time, a person is constantly trying to prove his strength, endurance, superiority in the world around him. The main conflict of Homer’s poem «The Odyssey» can be defined as the confrontation between Man and Nature on the way of man’s knowledge of the surrounding world and awareness of his place and role in the universe. What do you think stopped Eurylochus from visiting the sorceress’s house? At first, the warriors heard “melodious singing” (“she weaved at a large loom”), the singing was enchanting, for men a woman or goddess who had such a wonderful voice seemed safe.

For the most part, they are accustomed to accepting the challenge of a cruel, brute militant force (remember that our travelers had to go through great trials in the bloodshed of the Trojan War, in confronting the elements of the sea). Singing and weaving Kirkei are perceived as a kind of network, the web with which she entangles, like a spider, her victims, makes them imprudent and weak-willed. The next step — the sorceress appears as a hospitable hostess. Nevertheless, the signs of her deceit were already visible — these are “lions with mountain wolves spellbound by an evil potion”, to which only Eurylochus paid attention and, “feeling slyness, stayed behind”.

For Kirkee, it is important to gain moral power over a person, to show his helplessness (it forces beings who have retained a human mind to lead an animal way of life and realize their hopeless situation, “always wallowing in the mud”), it leaves them with tears and suffering. This amuses the sorceress, she receives satisfaction from this as a hunter whose prey has fallen into a trap. There is indeed something spidery in the actions of the sorceress. For what purpose Homer almost literally repeats the situation of misfortune that befell the heroes, through the mouth of Eurylochus. This is one of the most important methods of Homer’s epic — the use of repetition in order to slow down the action.

The condition of Eurylochus, his tears, crying, the loss of the ability to speak for a certain time only emphasize the level of danger in which the companions of Odysseus fell. We have already noted in the verses of ancient Greeks the omnipotence of Fate. Possibly, Kirkeya is also under the power of Destiny. From the Theban seer Tiresias, whose spirit was tormented by Hades, Odysseus learns about the causes of his misfortunes associated with the blinding of Polyphemus, the beloved son of the god of the seas Poseidon. But the reason for the trials is not only in the wrath of God, but also in the people themselves. Tiresias warns that Odysseus himself and his companions must restrain their desires, not carry out crazy deeds. The seer tells Odysseus about the island of Trinacria, where the sacred bulls of the sun god Helios graze, it is to him that the ships of Odysseus should moor.

The path to Ithaca will be filled with dangers, but everyone will get to their homeland alive, if they don’t raise their hands on the sacred animals of Helios, if not, then all the hero’s companions will die, and he himself will never have happiness and peace, even returning to the shores homeland. And the end of suffering will come only when Odysseus meets people who have never seen the sea and take the oar that he will carry on his shoulder for a shovel. Hecatombs in honor of Poseidon must reconcile the all-powerful god with Odysseus, and then he will live to a ripe old age in honor, wealth and peace. To the prophecies of Tiresias, Odysseus replies that he will accept everything that is intended for him by the gods. In Hades, Odysseus meets the soul of his dead mother and many heroes of the Trojan War. It is surprising that they recognize him and enter into a conversation only after drinking the blood of sacrificial animals slaughtered by Odysseus in honor of Hades and Persephone.

Odysseus’ path from Hades leads to the island of Ei, where Kirkeya warns him of the dangers that await him on the island of the Sirens and near the deadly rocks of Skilla and Charybdis. But the return is also connected with the need to bury Elpenor, who imprudently stumbled and broke his neck after the release of Odysseus’s companions from the spell of Korka (this episode clearly shows the observance of the traditions of the last tribute to the dead). A person by his own strength is not always able to resist Fate, he becomes doomed.

But the tears of Odysseus are not a manifestation of cowardice, but rather evidence of loyalty to the family and homeland, evidence of inexpressible mental suffering, which is known only to mortals. Divine intervention is needed to change the situation. And indeed, Pallas Athena asks her father, the Thunderer Zeus, to help her pet. The will of Zeus is announced to the nymph Calisto by Hermes. Hermes again! The will of the gods is done! The nymph Calypso releases Odysseus, and before reaching the promised land — the island of Scheria, where the feacs dear to the gods live, Odysseus again falls into the traps of Poseidon, who cannot calm his anger.

In the end, the noble feacs help Odysseus to reach the shores of his native Ithaca, although they themselves were swallowed up by the depths of the sea for this. At present, the suitors are planning evil against Telemachus, and Penelope decides to stop the ruin by arranging a competition among the suitors in Odysseus’ archery. For many days and nights, the suitors devastated the wealth of Odysseus’ house and forced his wife and son to endure unspeakable suffering. Odysseus orders his servants to lock all doors and gates, as well as lock all entrances and exits to the women’s quarters, and orders his nurse, Eurycleia, to ensure that all women in the house are very quiet.

Odysseus sets a trap for suitors, he closes the space so that there is no way to escape punishment. In the translation of V. A. Zhukovsky in Russian, we read: “He, as long as there are still arrows, hit one of the enemies with each arrow without missing …”. After the bloody feast, Odysseus orders his servants to remove the corpses and wash everything in the house, which was covered in blood.