The Iliad and the Odyssey Quiz

Try out this The Iliad and the Odyssey quiz to test your knowledge. The Iliad and the Odyssey trivia explores two foundational works of ancient Greek literature traditionally attributed to Homer.

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Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Name the object Odysseus’ crew disastrously open when Ithaca is already in sight, undoing Aeolus’s aid.?
Question 2 · Medium · 20 pts
What object helps Odysseus prove who he is when it is time to stop pretending?
Question 3 · Medium · 20 pts
Which object proves Odysseus is really Odysseus, because apparently furniture can keep secrets?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Which captive woman’s seizure by Agamemnon triggers the quarrel that propels the action of the Iliad?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Which figure keeps Odysseus on her island for years?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Early in the Iliad, which god sends a plague upon the Greek camp?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Agamemnon’s refusal to return which woman brings Apollo’s plague on the Achaean camp?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which river god turns on Achilles because the hero has clogged the river with Trojan corpses?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
During the Iliad’s night raid, Odysseus and Diomedes make off with the horses belonging to which man?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
Multiple choice: the first rupture between Achilles and Agamemnon centers on Agamemnon taking whom?
Question 11 · Hard · 40 pts
Which Olympian launches the Iliad’s early epidemic among the Greeks?
Question 12 · Hard · 40 pts
Fill in the missing grievance: Apollo punishes the Achaeans after Agamemnon refuses to return _____.?
Question 13 · Hard · 40 pts
If Achilles had simply used the river as a river instead of a body chute, which offended river god would have had less reason to fight him?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Which epic tells the long journey home of Odysseus?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Which Homeric epic centers on the Trojan War and includes Achilles?

Name the object Odysseus’ crew disastrously open when Ithaca is already in sight, undoing Aeolus’s aid.?

What object helps Odysseus prove who he is when it is time to stop pretending?

Which object proves Odysseus is really Odysseus, because apparently furniture can keep secrets?

Which captive woman’s seizure by Agamemnon triggers the quarrel that propels the action of the Iliad?

Which figure keeps Odysseus on her island for years?

Early in the Iliad, which god sends a plague upon the Greek camp?

Agamemnon’s refusal to return which woman brings Apollo’s plague on the Achaean camp?

Which river god turns on Achilles because the hero has clogged the river with Trojan corpses?

During the Iliad’s night raid, Odysseus and Diomedes make off with the horses belonging to which man?

Multiple choice: the first rupture between Achilles and Agamemnon centers on Agamemnon taking whom?

Which Olympian launches the Iliad’s early epidemic among the Greeks?

Fill in the missing grievance: Apollo punishes the Achaeans after Agamemnon refuses to return _____.?

If Achilles had simply used the river as a river instead of a body chute, which offended river god would have had less reason to fight him?

Which epic tells the long journey home of Odysseus?

Which Homeric epic centers on the Trojan War and includes Achilles?