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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 helps the other side.
(d) That she cannot protest if Zeus destroys a city that holds men dear to her.

2. How does Helen entertain King Priam?
(a) She tells him stories of her life before Paris.
(b) She points out Greek warriors she remembers.
(c) She tells him jokes.
(d) She makes fun of the men fighting.

3. What god or goddess helps the Greeks in Book 4?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hera.

4. The book opens during what year of the Trojan War?
(a) The fifth year.
(b) The eleventh year.
(c) The tenth year.
(d) The first year.

5. Who demands that the Trojans concede victory to the Greeks and return Helen?
(a) Menelaus
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Priam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who opposes the speech which encourages the Greeks to fight after Agamemnon tells them to go home?

2. What is listed in Book 2?

3. Who answers Paris' challenge to the Greeks on the battlefield?

4. Why does Hector chastise Paris when he finds Paris with the troops and not preparing to meet his challenger from the Greek army?

5. What will Pandaros get if he follows the advice of Athena and causes more fighting?

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