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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen challenge Paris to do?
(a) Go back and finish fighting Menelaus.
(b) Fight without the gods' help.
(c) Fight honorably to keep her.
(d) Go back and fight for her honor.

2. Who does Thetis appeal to in order to regain honor to Achilles?
(a) Hera.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Zeus.

3. Why is Zeus awake at night in the beginning of Book 2?
(a) He is planning on how to bring honor to Achilles.
(b) He is planning on how to humiliate Agamemnon.
(c) He is planning on how to bring Helen home.
(d) He is planning on how to win the war for the Trojans.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Thetis?

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

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

4. What is listed in Book 2?

5. Who is Achilles' mother?

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