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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What objects are sacrificed before the duel in Book 3 between Paris and his competition?
(a) Geese.
(b) Oxen.
(c) Lambs.
(d) Sheep.

3. Who answers Paris' challenge to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) Priam.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Hector.

4. Why does Agamemnon tell the soldiers that they should give up and go home?
(a) He want. to see who really wants to fight.
(b) He wants them all to go home.
(c) He is testing their loyalty.
(d) He is telling them his dream.

5. Why does Hector chastise Paris when he finds Paris with the troops and not preparing to meet his challenger from the Greek army?
(a) For bringing the Trojans to the point of war and his selfishness for stealing another man's wife.
(b) For stealing another man's wife.
(c) For bringing the Trojans to war and being a coward.
(d) For being a coward for not standing up and accepting his challenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the challenge Paris issues to the Greeks on the battlefield?

2. What is listed in Book 2?

3. Who opposes the speech which encourages the Greeks to fight after Agamemnon tells them to go home?

4. Who prophesies that the Greeks will win the war against the Trojans in ten years?

5. Who recommends that both sides take a break from the war to bury their dead?

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