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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to grieve Patroclus' death with Achilles?
(a) His friends.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father .
(d) His brother.

2. What does Poulydamas suggest to Hector?
(a) That the men don't cross the ditch.
(b) That the men build a bridge to cross the ditch.
(c) That the men get off their horses to cross the ditch.
(d) That the men climb on their horses' backs to cross the ditch.

3. When do the Trojans finally break through the wall?
(a) When their horses break it down.
(b) When they see the eagle.
(c) When Hector leads them.
(d) When the wall collapses.

4. Where did Hector's wife go to see if she can find him?
(a) The town square.
(b) The city walls.
(c) The palace.
(d) The gardens.

5. Who kills Adrestos?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Adrestos doesn't die.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Odysseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Greeks build without Poseidon's permission?

2. Where do the Greeks retreat to?

3. What does Achilles tell his mother he is going to do in response to Patroclus' death?

4. Who is urging Paris to return to the battlefield?

5. What does Achilles' mother ask him to wait for?

(see the answer key)

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