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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes and spies on the Trojan camp?
(a) Odysseus and Menelaus.
(b) Diomedes.
(c) Diomedes and Odysseus.
(d) Menelaus and Diomedes.

2. Who does Apollo disguise himself as in order to delay Achilles from fighting Hector?
(a) Lycaon, son of King Troy.
(b) Lycaon, son of Zeus.
(c) Lycaon, son of King Agamemnon.
(d) Lycaon, son of King Priam.

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

4. What does Patroclus do for the wound of Eurypylos?
(a) Washes it, stops the flow of blood, and bandages it.
(b) Washes it, gives bitter root to ease the pain, and bandages it.
(c) Washes it, stops the flow of blood, gives bitter root to ease the pain, and bandages it.
(d) Washes it, stops the flow of blood, and gives bitter root to ease the pain.

5. Which Greek man's death is foretold by Zeus to Hera?
(a) Patroclus
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Zeus, who wins the duel between Paris and his Greek competitor on the battlefield?

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

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

4. Who saves Hector from being killed?

5. Where is the eagle injured?

(see the answer key)

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