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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Pandaros' actions cause more fighting, what are the Greeks and Trojans close to doing?
(a) Creating a truce and returning Helen.
(b) Ending the war by trading kings.
(c) Ending the war.
(d) Giving each other gold to create a peace.

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

3. What is the challenge Paris issues to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) For any Greek warrior to kill him with an arrow.
(b) For any Greek warrior to steal Helen from him.
(c) For any Greek warrior to fight him in man-to-man combat.
(d) For the Greeks to reclaim Helen.

4. Who does Helen sit next to when watching Paris taking part in the duel on the battlefield?
(a) King Agamemnon.
(b) King Priam.
(c) King Ageneneis.
(d) King Pyliam.

5. Where does Hector find Paris after the Trojans are forced to retreat?
(a) In the stables with Helen.
(b) In the dining room with Helen.
(c) In the gardens with Helen.
(d) In his chambers with Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides the violence should end?

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

3. Who kills Adrestos?

4. Who does Athena disguise herself as?

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

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