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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do Diomedes and Glaukos seal their friendship?
(a) By praying together to the gods.
(b) By trading swords.
(c) By trading armor.
(d) By trading horses.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Andromache not want Hector to go back to the battle?

2. Who is Hera's messenger to Achilles?

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

4. Where does Hector find Paris after the Trojans are forced to retreat?

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

(see the answer key)

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