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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hector say he has to fight?
(a) It is destined by the gods.
(b) He needs to be a leader.
(c) It is his responsibility.
(d) He is good at fighting.

2. Who does Hector pray to for his son to be a great ruler?
(a) Ares.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Apollo.

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

4. Who demands that the Trojans concede victory to the Greeks and return Helen?
(a) Menelaus
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Priam.

5. What is the challenge Paris issues to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) For any Greek warrior to kill him with an arrow.
(b) For any Greek warrior to steal Helen from him.
(c) For any Greek warrior to fight him in man-to-man combat.
(d) For the Greeks to reclaim Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the response of the god to Hera's request for him to help the Greeks?

2. Where has Eurypylos been wounded

3. Who does Nestor meet with in order to discuss what to do now that they were wounded and could not fight?

4. Who's withdrawal weakens the Trojan army?

5. Who answers Paris' challenge to the Greeks on the battlefield?

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