Odyssey Quiz

It is a type of narrative poem that is long, action-heavy and tells the adventures, struggles and deeds of a particular protagonist that is a hero who forever changed the world.

• Idyll

• Ballad

• Prose

• Myth

• Epic

Answer explanation

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Identify the man in the picture. Who is he?

• Demeter

• Homer

• Odysseus

• Iliad

• Poseidon

One of the oldest literary works in Ancient Greece, it is a 24-book epic poem that narrates the story of a certain warrior who tries to go back to his home, Ithaca after the Trojan war, but for 10 years he encountered a series of adventures and trials. What is the title of this epic?

• The Oddysey

• The Odyessy

• The Odyessey

• The Odyssey

• The Odysey

Answer explanation

How is the actual Odyssey epic narrated?
(Clue: Homer's Odyssey started not with Odysseus but with Telemachus, Odysseus's son, instead)

• In Medias Res
  (Opened in the middle of the story)

• Reverse chronology
  (Plot is revealed in reverse as a starting point)

• Prolepsis
  (Story that temporarily moves forward in time)

• Unreliable narration
  (Plot narrative is not sincere or can mislead the reader)

• None of the foregoing

Who is the protagonist in the Odyssey epic?

• Achilles
• Hercules
• Odysseus
• Aeneas
• Polyphemus

What is the name of the son of the main protagonist in Homer's Odyssey?

• Prometheus

• Telemachus

• Menelaus

• Hephaestus

• Dionysus

In the epic, Odysseus managed to blind a Cyclops while being
stranded on an island inhabited by one-eyed giants. Who is this particular Cyclops that is also the son of Poseidon, the Greek god of sea?

• Polyphemus
• Circe
• Hermes
• Achilles
• Nausicaa

Who is the messenger god mentioned in the Odyssey epic that
played a role in Odysseus's freedom from the nymph god Calypso?

• Zeus
• Athena
• Hermes
• Apollo
• Perseus

How many years did the nymph god Calypso kept Odysseus in a state of imprisonment in the island of Ogygia?

• 5 years
• 6 years

• 7 years

• 8 years

• None of the foregoing

The intermediary of all disputes and conflicts, the king to all gods and men.
Who is he that is also a character in Homer's Odyssey?

• Zeus

• Jupiter

• Odin

• Indra

• Ra