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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Helen angers Aphrodite in Book 3?
(a) That Helen doesn't want to go to Paris.
(b) That Helen can resist her.
(c) That Helen wants Menelaus.
(d) That Helen is unhappy.

2. What will Pandaros get if he follows the advice of Athena and causes more fighting?
(a) A place among the gods.
(b) Great glory.
(c) A place among the kings and princes.
(d) Great honor.

3. What is Helen weaving when she is visited by a divine messenger?
(a) A blue robe with scenes from the war.
(b) A red wall hanging with scenes from the war.
(c) A blue wall hanging with scenes from the war.
(d) A red robe with scenes from the war.

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

5. Who recommends that both sides take a break from the war to bury their dead?
(a) Paris.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Hector.
(d) Nestor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What god or goddess helps the Trojans in Book 4?

2. Who demands that the Trojans concede victory to the Greeks and return Helen?

3. Who is the first man who offers to fight Hector when Hector challenges the Greeks to a duel so that the fighting can end??

4. What does Paris decide to do to end the fighting?

5. What does Zeus suggest to Agamemnon in a dream in order to trick him?

(see the answer key)

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