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The Iliad | Quiz

Homer
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The Iliad | Quiz

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1)

What does Hector do when the Trojans are forced to retreat? (from Book 6)

Goes into the city and gives a speech to the elders and women.
Goes into the city and asks the elders and women to evacuate.
Goes into the city and asks the elders and women to pray to the gods.
Goes into the city and asks the elders and women to sacrifice to the gods.
2)

Apollo grants what protection to Hector's corpse? (from Book 23)

Protection from insects.
Protection from the effects of the sun.
Protection from decay.
Protection from burning.
3)

Who decides the violence should end? (from Book 7)

Apollo and Athena.
Apollo and Ares.
Ares and Athena.
Zeus.
4)

Who is urging Paris to return to the battlefield? (from Book 6)

Hector.
Helen.
His mother.
Helen and Hector.
5)

What is the response of the god to Hera's request for him to help the Greeks? (from Book 8)

No, he doesn't want to help Hera.
No, he isn't interested.
No, he will not disobey Zeus.
No, he doesn't like the Greeks.
6)

Where does Achilles watch the battle from? (from Book 11)

The city walls.
His ship.
A hilltop.
The back of the army.
7)

Aphrodite anoints Hectors corpse with what? (from Book 23)

Poppy immortal oil.
Lavender immortal oil.
Olive immortal oil.
Rose immortal oil.
8)

Who is sent to King Priam to tell him that he can ransom his son's body? (from Book 24)

Thetis.
Apollo.
Iris.
Aphrodite.
9)

Which god or goddess do the Greek spies make an offering to after returning safely to the Greek camp? (from Book 10)

Ares.
Zeus.
Hera.
Athena.
10)

How is Hector inspired in his plan to stop the fighting? (from Book 7)

Hector prayed about it and was told this was his answer.
Zeus sent it to him in a dream.
Helenos told him of the gods' plan as a prophecy.
Helenos told him of the gods' plan because he overheard the gods.
11)

Which two Greeks carry Patroclus's body out of the battlefield and to the ships after Patroclus dies? (from Book 17)

Menelaus and Diomedes.
Menelaus and Antilochos.
Menelaus and Agamemnon.
Menelaus and Ajax.
12)

What is the eagle carrying when it appears as a sign as the Trojans are trying to cross the ditch on foot? (from Book 12)

A red snake.
A rabbit.
A deer.
A lamb.
13)

What does Zeus send as a sign that he has heard Agamemnon when Hector is on the verge of burning the Greek ships? (from Book 8)

An eagle carrying a lamb.
An eagle carrying a deer.
An eagle carrying an ox.
An eagle carrying an olive branch.
14)

Who saves Hector from being killed? (from Book 20)

Apollo.
Athena.
Hera.
Zeus.
15)

What does Paris promise to Hector when Hector finds him after the Trojans retreat to the city? (from Book 6)

To keep Hector's son safe.
To prevent Hector's son from dying.
To direct the fighting from the walls.
To return to the fighting.
16)

Apollo reminds Patroclus of what? (from Book 16)

That it is not his fate to take the city of Troy.
That it is not his fate to destroy Paris.
That it is not his fate to kill Hector.
That it is not his fate to die this day.
17)

What does Apollo forbid Hector to do when fighting Achilles after Patroclus has died? (from Book 20)

Fight Achilles alone.
Fight Achilles on a hillside.
Fight Achilles in battle.
Fight Achilles with swords.
18)

Who suggests that Odysseus, Diomedes, and Agamemnon go to the battlefield to be seen and not fight? (from Book 14)

Agamemnon.
Odysseus.
Diomedes.
Nestor .
19)

Who kills Hector? (from Book 22)

Agamemnon.
Achilles.
Athena.
Demedos.
20)

Who is sent as a messenger to tell Achilles the gods are angry with him for the continued humiliation of Hector's body? (from Book 24)

Iris.
Thetis.
Athena.
Hera.
21)

What does Athena do to help the Greek spies after they steal from the Thracian camp? (from Book 10)

Nothing, she is forbidden to do anything by Zeuss
Gives the two men a warning that they should leave the fighting so they aren't killed.
Gives a warning to the two men to leave the Thacrian camp so they aren't killed.
Gives a warning to the two men to leave the Thacrian camp so they aren't captured.
22)

What do the Trojans do to the Greek ships after Hector has had strength breathed into him by a god? (from Book 15)

Set fire to them.
Sink them.
Send them out to sea.
Destroy them.
23)

What did the Greeks build without Poseidon's permission? (from Book 12)

A fleet of ships.
A wall in the ocean.
A wall on the beach.
A fort on the beach.
24)

Patroclus tells Hector that Hector gained victory because? (from Book 16)

The gods gave it to him.
Zeus gave it to him.
Zeus and Apollo gave it to him.
Apollo gave it to him.
25)

What frightens Hector's son? (from Book 6)

The plume on his helmet.
The noise of his armor.
His sword.
The sounds of battle.
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