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The Odyssey: Vocab/Mixed Review 1

Quiz by Cassidy Burton

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31 questions
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  • Q1
    Which word is a synonym for soothe?
    assuage
    plundered
    pinioned
    surpass
    60s
  • Q2
    He tried to ____________ the guilt of wrongdoing by doing right.
    insidious
    assuage
    victuals
    plunder
    120s
  • Q3
    Which word is a synonym for indebted?
    prodigious
    mammoth
    beholden
    whim
    60s
  • Q4
    In Greek culture, the gods were seen as __________________.
    loving
    all-knowing
    behaving like humans
    all-powerful
    120s
  • Q5
    Stan refused to accept a college loan because he didn’t want to feel _______________ to anyone.
    sage
    bereft
    beholden
    plundered
    120s
  • Q6
    The Odyssey was written by ________________.
    Ovid
    Homer
    Shakespeare
    Macbeth
    60s
  • Q7
    Which word means about the same thing as the phrase "come up with"?
    plundered
    assuage
    surpass
    contrived
    60s
  • Q8
    The movie’s_______________ plot about the killer butterflies did not make sense to anyone in the audience.
    plundered
    pinioned
    contrived
    insidious
    120s
  • Q9
    Odysseus was a soldier in the ____________________.
    Paris War
    Spartan War
    Trojan War
    Greek War
    60s
  • Q10
    Which word is a synonym for cleverness?
    victuals
    whim
    prodigious
    guile
    60s
  • Q11
    If you want to win the competition, you will need to use your _____________ to beat the others.
    din
    titanic
    guile
    lout
    120s
  • Q12
    Odysseus came up with the idea to __________________.
    use the Trojan Horse
    capture Helen
    capture Paris
    beat the Trojans
    60s
  • Q13
    Towards the mainland the water shoals, and the best anchorage is under the ____________ of the island.
    lee
    din
    surpass
    mammoth
    120s
  • Q14
    We watched as the ________________whale started doing backflips near our boat, causing waves to splash up against us.
    mammoth
    beholden
    bereft
    sage
    120s
  • Q15
    Pick the word that is the best synonym for massive.
    mammoth
    mutinious
    din
    insidious
    60s

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