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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is urging Paris to return to the battlefield?
(a) Helen and Hector.
(b) Hector.
(c) Helen.
(d) His mother.

3. Who is the fire god?
(a) Mars.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hephaestus.

4. What does Paris promise to Hector when Hector finds him after the Trojans retreat to the city?
(a) To prevent Hector's son from dying.
(b) To keep Hector's son safe.
(c) To direct the fighting from the walls.
(d) To return to the fighting.

5. What frightens Hector's son?
(a) His sword.
(b) The noise of his armor.
(c) The plume on his helmet.
(d) The sounds of battle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the eagle injured?

3. Who is Hera's messenger to Achilles?

4. Who does Hector pray to for his son to be a great ruler?

5. Why does Hector say he has to fight?

(see the answer key)

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