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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which god or goddess protects Paris during the challenge that he issued to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Hera.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Athena.

2. What is the challenge Paris issues to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) For the Greeks to reclaim Helen.
(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 any Greek warrior to kill him with an arrow.

3. Who suggests that Odysseus, Diomedes, and Agamemnon go to the battlefield to be seen and not fight?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Nestor .
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Diomedes.

4. Where does Achilles watch the battle from?
(a) The back of the army.
(b) His ship.
(c) The city walls.
(d) A hilltop.

5. Which Greek man's death is foretold by Zeus to Hera?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Patroclus
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Menelaus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Hector say he has to fight?

3. Which god does Hera ask to help the Greeks when she sees the Greeks are overwhelmed?

4. Ajax wounds Hector with what?

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

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