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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Pandaros do to Menelaus in order to break the truce between the Greeks and the Trojans?
(a) Stab Menelaus with a sword.
(b) Stab Menelaus with a spear.
(c) Run down Menelaus with a horse.
(d) Shoot an arrow at Menelaus.

3. What are the two sides in the war?
(a) The Spartans and the Greeks.
(b) The Trojans and the Spartans.
(c) The Creteans and the Trojans.
(d) The Greeks and the Trojans.

4. Who intervenes to prevent the soldiers from deserting Agamemnon?
(a) Hera and Artemis.
(b) Athena and Hera.
(c) Athena and Artemis.
(d) Athena and Helen.

5. Why is Zeus awake at night in the beginning of Book 2?
(a) He is planning on how to bring Helen home.
(b) He is planning on how to humiliate Agamemnon.
(c) He is planning on how to win the war for the Trojans.
(d) He is planning on how to bring honor to Achilles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Helen angers Aphrodite in Book 3?

2. Who does Athena disguise herself as?

3. Who does Helen sit next to when watching Paris taking part in the duel on the battlefield?

4. What promise does Zeus get from Hera?

5. Which god or goddess protects Paris during the challenge that he issued to the Greeks on the battlefield?

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