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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 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 direct the fighting from the walls.
(c) To keep Hector's son safe.
(d) To return to the fighting.

2. What prevents Diomedes from killing Glaukos?
(a) They realize they are on the same side.
(b) Their ancestors were friends.
(c) They realize they are relatives.
(d) The gods interfere.

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

4. Why does Andromache not want Hector to go back to the battle?
(a) She wants him to take over for Paris.
(b) She does not want to live without him.
(c) She does not want him to kill any more Greeks.
(d) She does not want to be a widow and her son an orphan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hector do when the Trojans are forced to retreat?

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

3. What frightens Hector's son?

4. Where did Hector's wife go to see if she can find him?

5. Where do the Greeks retreat to?

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