"THE ODYSSEY"

1. **Who is the protagonist of "The Odyssey"?** 1. **Odysseus**

2. **What is the name of Odysseus' wife?** 2. **Penelope**
3. **Who is Odysseus' son?** 3. **Telemachus**
4. **What is the name of Odysseus' home island?** 4. **Ithaca**
5. **Which goddess helps Odysseus throughout his journey?** 5. **Athena**
6. **Who is the king of the gods who sometimes assists and sometimes hinders Odysseus?** 6. **Zeus**
7. **What is the name of the Cyclops that Odysseus blinds?** 7. **Polyphemus**
8. **Who is the king of Phaeacia who helps Odysseus return home?** 8. **Alcinous**
9. **What is the name of the enchantress who turns Odysseus' men into swine?** 9. **Circe**
10. **Who are the sea nymphs whose singing lures sailors to their doom?** 10. **Sirens**
11. **Which god of the sea is Odysseus' primary antagonist among the gods?** 11. **Poseidon**
12. **What is the name of Odysseus' faithful dog?** 12. **Argos**
13. **Who is the suitor who leads the campaign to marry Penelope and kill Telemachus?** 13. **Antinous**
14. **What is the name of the six-headed monster Odysseus must pass?** 14. **Scylla**
15. **What is the whirlpool monster that Odysseus must avoid?** 15. **Charybdis**
16. **What is the name of Odysseus' father?** 16. **Laertes**
17. **Who is the blind prophet in the underworld that Odysseus consults?** 17. **Tiresias**
18. **Which people did Odysseus and his men raid at the beginning of their journey home?** 18. **Cicones**
19. **Who is the goddess of wisdom, craft, and war that favors Odysseus?** 19. **Athena**
20. **What is the name of the giant whirlpool that Odysseus must navigate past?** 20. **Charybdis**
21. **Who is the beautiful nymph who keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years?** 21. **Calypso**
22. **Which group of people does Odysseus tell his story to in "The Odyssey"?** 22. **Phaeacians**
23. **Who is the king of Sparta, the husband of Helen, whom Telemachus visits?** 23. **Menelaus**
24. **What is the name of the plant that makes Odysseus' men forget their homes?** 24. **Lotus**
25. **What contest does Penelope devise to choose her new husband?** 25. **Archery contest**
26. **What item does Odysseus use to defeat the suitors?** 26. **Bow**
27. **Who recognizes Odysseus by a scar on his leg?** 27. **Eurycleia**
28. **What is the name of the cowherd who remains loyal to Odysseus?** 28. **Philoetius**
29. **What is the name of the swineherd who remains loyal to Odysseus?** 29. **Eumaeus**
30. **Who is the nurse who recognizes Odysseus by the scar on his leg?** 30. **Eurycleia**
31. **What is the name of the city that Odysseus and his men finally sack before returning home?** 31. **Troy**
32. **Who is the god of the winds who helps Odysseus by giving him a bag of winds?** 32. **Aeolus**
33. **Which suitor is the first to die at the hands of Odysseus?** 33. **Antinous**
34. **What disguise does Odysseus use when he first returns to Ithaca?** 34. **Beggar**
35. **Who are the people that Odysseus encounters who eat a fruit that causes them to forget their desire
35. to
**Lotus-eaters**
return home?**
36. **What is the name of the queen of the Phaeacians who helps Odysseus?** 36. **Arete**
37. **Who helps Odysseus when he is shipwrecked and washes ashore on the island of the Phaeacians?**
37. **Nausicaa**
38. **What animal does Odysseus’ men foolishly eat, leading to their demise?** 38. **Cattle of Helios**
39. **What test does Penelope set for the suitors involving Odysseus' bow?** 39. **Stringing the bow**
40. **Who is the loyal maid who helps Odysseus and Penelope?** 40. **Eurycleia**
41. **Which goddess turns Odysseus into an old man to help him stay incognito?** 41. **Athena**
42. **What land does Odysseus visit where the sun god Helios resides?** 42. **Thrinacia**
43. **Who is the god of the sun whose cattle are eaten by Odysseus' men?** 43. **Helios**
44. **What did Odysseus do to the Cyclops to escape from his cave?** 44. **Blinded him with a sharp stake**
45. **What is the name of the giant that Odysseus encounters and blinds?** 45. **Polyphemus**
46. **Who is the princess of Phaeacia who finds Odysseus washed ashore?** 46. **Nausicaa**
47. **What creature does Odysseus encounter that can only speak the truth but is tricked by him?** 47. **Tiresias**
48. **What does Odysseus use to listen to the Sirens safely?** 48. **Wax in the ears of his crew**
49. **Who does Odysseus meet in the underworld who gives him advice?** 49. **Tiresias**
50. **Which war is Odysseus returning from at the beginning of "The Odyssey"?** 50. **Trojan War**