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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who calls Agamemnon greedy for profit and shameless?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Aias.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Nestor.

3. What is Helen weaving when she is visited by a divine messenger?
(a) A blue wall hanging with scenes from the war.
(b) A blue robe with scenes from the war.
(c) A red robe with scenes from the war.
(d) A red wall hanging with scenes from the war.

4. Who was the mortal man responsible for the plague against the army?
(a) Chratheus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Achilles.

5. 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 is testing their loyalty.
(c) He is telling them his dream.
(d) He wants them all to go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book opens during what year of the Trojan War?

2. Who are the two beautiful women that are captured as war prizes?

3. Nestor reminds the men that they have not accomplished what goal?

4. Who does King Priam blame for the war?

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

(see the answer key)

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