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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 Hector do when the Trojans are forced to retreat?
(a) Goes into the city and gives a speech to the elders and women.
(b) Goes into the city and asks the elders and women to evacuate.
(c) Goes into the city and asks the elders and women to pray to the gods.
(d) Goes into the city and asks the elders and women to sacrifice to the gods.

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

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

4. What did the Greeks build without Poseidon's permission?
(a) A fleet of ships.
(b) A fort on the beach.
(c) A wall in the ocean.
(d) A wall on the beach.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Athena do to Achilles?

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

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

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

5. When do the Trojans finally break through the wall?

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