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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the men gather down by their vessels at the end of Book 2?
(a) To go home.
(b) To prove their loyalty.
(c) To get ready to fight.
(d) To stir up the war god.

3. What does Agamemnon sacrifice to Zeus in Book 2?
(a) A fat pig.
(b) A fat cow.
(c) A fat ox.
(d) A fat sheep.

4. Who opposes the speech which encourages the Greeks to fight after Agamemnon tells them to go home?
(a) Nestor.
(b) Thersites.
(c) Phyrous.
(d) Hera.

5. What prevents Diomedes from killing Glaukos?
(a) They realize they are on the same side.
(b) They realize they are relatives.
(c) Their ancestors were friends.
(d) The gods interfere.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What will Pandaros get if he follows the advice of Athena and causes more fighting?

3. Why does Hector chastise Paris when he finds Paris with the troops and not preparing to meet his challenger from the Greek army?

4. Why does Agamemnon tell the soldiers that they should give up and go home?

5. Where did Hector's wife go to see if she can find him?

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