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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who saves Hector from being killed?
(a) Hera.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Athena.
(d) Zeus.

2. What promise does Zeus get from Hera?
(a) That she cannot protest if Zeus assures Helen's safety.
(b) That she cannot protest if Zeus destroys a city where there is a temple to her.
(c) That she cannot protest if Zeus destroys a city that holds men dear to her.
(d) That she cannot protest if Zeus helps the other side.

3. Why does Hector say he has to fight?
(a) He needs to be a leader.
(b) It is his responsibility.
(c) It is destined by the gods.
(d) He is good at fighting.

4. What does Paris promise to Hector when Hector finds him after the Trojans retreat to the city?
(a) To keep Hector's son safe.
(b) To prevent Hector's son from dying.
(c) To return to the fighting.
(d) To direct the fighting from the walls.

5. What does Zeus suggest to Agamemnon in a dream in order to trick him?
(a) That the Greeks will gain lots of treaures from Troy.
(b) That the Greeks will beat the Trojans in the war.
(c) That the Greeks will rescue Helen in the next battle.
(d) That the Greeks will be victorious over the Trojans in the next batttle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Zeus awake at night in the beginning of Book 2?

2. What does Pandaros do to Menelaus in order to break the truce between the Greeks and the Trojans?

3. What does Athena do to Achilles?

4. Why does Andromache not want Hector to go back to the battle?

5. Who does Athena disguise herself as?

(see the answer key)

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