The Odyssey, Vocabulary - Quiz
- 1. ______________ goods taken by force.
A) cherishes
B) squall
C) plunder
D) insidious
- 2. _____________ a brief, violent storm.
A) insidious
B) plunder
C) squall
D) cherishes
- 3. _______________ is finished quickly.
A) squall
B) cherishes
C) dispatched
D) plunder
- 4. The ______________ sea monster capsized the boat.
A) mammoth
B) insidious
C) squall
D) cherishes
- 5. ______________ characterized by treachery.
A) cherishes
B) plunder
C) bereft
D) insidious
- 6. _______________ hold dear, feel love toward.
A) bereft
B) plunder
C) squall
D) cherishes
- 7. Penelope was ______________ after Odysseus left her.
A) bereft
B) cherishes
C) dispatched
D) insidious
- 8. Who is given credit for writing "The Odyssey?
A) Mark Twain
B) Saki
C) Edgar Poe
D) Homer
- 9. Homer is given credit for writing________ epic poems.
A) one hundred
B) seven
C) twenty
D) two
- 10. Who is the main character in "The Odyssey"?
A) lusty suitors
B) Homer
C) Odysseus
D) Penelope
- 11. When is "The Odyssey" written?
A) around 2000 AD
B) around 200 BC
C) around 1800 AD
D) around 720 BC
- 12. During the Homeric Age many people could read and write?
A) yes-true
B) no-false
- 13. Was Homer given credit for writing more than "The Odyssey"?
A) yes-true
B) no-false
- 14. During the Homeric Age stories were passed down ___________?
A) orally
B) textually
- 15. Why did Homer use rhyme for telling "The Odyssey"?
A) Homer was a musician.
B) It sounded fun.
C) It was easier to remember.
- 16. ______________ forces are involved in epics.
A) Real
B) Womanly
C) Manly
D) Supernatural
- 17. All epics contain _______________.
A) boats
B) adventure
C) musicians
D) an island
- 18. What kind of style (tone) is used in epics?
A) cheerful
B) serious
C) humorous
- 19. Which of the following are common literary terms used in epics?
A) all of these
B) formal rhetoric
C) epithets
D) similes
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