Book XI Quiz — The Odyssey

by Homer

Comprehension Quiz: Book XI

What must the ghosts do before they can speak to Odysseus?

What specific warning does Teiresias give Odysseus about the island of Thrinacia?

According to Anticlea, what caused her death?

Why is Ajax angry with Odysseus in the underworld?

What is Sisyphus's punishment in the underworld?

What does Agamemnon advise Odysseus to do when returning to Ithaca?

How does Elpenor die before appearing as a ghost?

What interrupts Odysseus's tale midway through Book XI?

Odysseus successfully embraces his mother Anticlea in the underworld.

Achilles asks Odysseus for news about his son Neoptolemus.

In Book XI, what does the word "feckless" mean when Odysseus describes the ghosts as "poor feckless ghosts"?

What does "redound" mean when Odysseus says staying with the Phaeacians "would redound greatly to my advantage"?

What is an "asphodel" in the context of the underworld meadow where Achilles walks?

Comprehension Quiz