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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Patroclus leaves Eurypylos to go to whom?
(a) Hector.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Achilles.

2. What does Achilles tell his mother he is going to do in response to Patroclus' death?
(a) Enter the fighting to end the war.
(b) Enter the fighting because he should have been there
(c) Avenge Patroclus and kill the Trojans.
(d) Avenge Patroclus and kill Hector.

3. After Agamemnon offers gifts in repentance to Achilles, where does Achilles tell Agamemnon their attention should be?
(a) On winning the war.
(b) On killing the Trojans.
(c) On not losing the war.
(d) On recoving Helen.

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

5. Ajax wounds Hector with what?
(a) A sword.
(b) A spear.
(c) An arrow.
(d) A large stone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who intervenes to prevent the soldiers from deserting Agamemnon?

2. What does Apollo forbid Hector to do when fighting Achilles after Patroclus has died?

3. Who's withdrawal weakens the Trojan army?

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

5. Patroclus wears what that belongs to Achilles?

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