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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Zeus let Athena give to the Greeks after she promises not to interfere?
(a) Give advice to the Greeks to retrieve Helen.
(b) Give advice to the Greeks on their retreat.
(c) Give advice to the Greeks to minimize their losses.
(d) Give advice to the Greeks to maximize their victory.

2. Poseidon appears to whom in order to inspire him to lead his men onto the battlefield, but stay out of range of arrows so as not to be wounded further?
(a) Hector.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Paris.
(d) Ajax.

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

4. Which god does Hera ask to help the Greeks when she sees the Greeks are overwhelmed?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Ares.
(d) Poseidon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Greek man's death is foretold by Zeus to Hera?

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

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

5. What about Helen angers Aphrodite in Book 3?

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