OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation The Odyssey (Literature) overview quiz quiz

Books 1 to 5, covering Telemachus and his travels

The whole poem, all twenty-four books from start to end

Books 9, 10, 19, 21 and 22

Books 23 and 24 only, the reunion and the ending

A type of Greek warship used by Odysseus and his crew

A heroic weapon carried into battle by Greek champions

A great festival held each year in honour of the goddess Athena

The sacred custom of guest-friendship and hospitality

He eats his guests and mocks the custom of guest-gifts

He gives his guests far too many lavish and costly parting gifts

He refuses to let his guests leave until they have paid him in full

He worships the wrong gods instead of honouring Zeus the protector

Telemachus, his son

Zeus, king of the gods

Nobody (Outis)

Eumaeus, the swineherd

His enormous brute strength in battle

His great speed as a runner

His vast wealth and treasure

Metis (cunning or cleverness)

His boastfulness in taunting the blinded Cyclops and revealing his name

His greed for gold, seizing treasure that the sea god had claimed as his own

His cowardice in battle, fleeing when his men needed him to stand and fight

His refusal to pray and make any sacrifice to Poseidon before sailing home

Hera

Athene

Aphrodite

Artemis

Odysseus refused to make any sacrifice to him before setting sail

Odysseus stole his sacred trident from a temple by the sea

Odysseus blinded his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus

Odysseus insulted his wife, the sea goddess Amphitrite, openly

By his voice, which she knew at once despite the beggar's disguise

By his royal seal-ring, which he had left with her before he sailed for Troy

By his great bow, which only the true king of Ithaca was able to string

By an old scar on his leg from a boar hunt, felt while washing his feet

By weaving a shroud by day and secretly unravelling it by night

By leaving Ithaca in secret and hiding from the suitors on another island

By setting them a series of impossible riddles that none could ever solve

By marrying her son Telemachus to one of the suitors' own sisters

A chariot race around the island of Ithaca, with the winner taking her hand

To string Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through twelve axe-heads

A wrestling match in the courtyard, the strongest suitor claiming the throne

A singing competition in the great hall, judged by Penelope and Telemachus

As a tragic accident that Odysseus deeply regrets once it is too late

As a simple misunderstanding between Odysseus and innocent young men

As justice for men who broke xenia and abused Odysseus's household

As a shameful crime that the gods openly condemn and later punish him for