Elements of Epic Literature Quiz

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#1

Who is considered the author of the epic poem 'The Odyssey'?

Homer
Virgil
Ovid
Sophocles
#2

What is the name of the hero in the Epic of Gilgamesh?

Gilgamesh
Enkidu
Hercules
Achilles
#3

Who is the author of the ancient Indian epic 'Mahabharata'?

Valmiki
Vyasa
Tulsidas
Kalidasa
#4

What is the name of the hero in the ancient Sumerian epic 'Enuma Elish'?

Marduk
Enki
Gilgamesh
Enkidu
#5

Who is the author of the ancient Babylonian epic 'Enuma Elish'?

Homer
Virgil
Aesop
Unknown
#6

Which ancient epic includes the story of the Trojan Horse?

The Iliad
The Odyssey
The Aeneid
The Epic of Gilgamesh
#7

Who is the central character in the Indian epic 'Ramayana'?

Rama
Krishna
Arjuna
Shiva
#8

Who is the protagonist of Dante Alighieri's epic poem 'The Divine Comedy'?

Dante
Beatrice
Virgil
Petrarch
#9

What is the name of the underworld in Greek mythology, as described in 'The Odyssey'?

Tartarus
Elysium
Hades
Styx
#10

In the epic of 'Beowulf', who is the main antagonist that Beowulf battles?

Grendel
The Dragon
Grendel's Mother
Hrothgar
#11

In the epic tradition, what is an 'epithet'?

A type of poetic stanza
A type of poetic meter
A descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
A form of dramatic irony
#12

Which of the following is not one of the heroic characteristics often found in epic literature?

Hubris
Nostos
Kleos
Arete
#13

Who is the author of the epic poem 'Paradise Lost'?

John Milton
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Shakespeare
John Donne
#14

In the epic poem 'The Odyssey', who is Penelope?

The goddess of wisdom
Odysseus' faithful wife
The Cyclops' father
A sorceress who delays Odysseus
#15

In 'The Odyssey', which creature imprisons Odysseus and his crew, delaying their journey home?

Circe
The Sirens
Polyphemus
Scylla

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