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

2. What are Zeus, Hera, and Athena arguing about on Mount Olympus after the divine intervention in Paris' duel?
(a) They are arguing over the outcome of the duel.
(b) They are arguing who won the war.
(c) They are arguing if Paris is a coward.
(d) They are agreeing not to interfere.

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

4. Which god or goddess protects Paris during the challenge that he issued to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hera.

5. Who speaks to the Greek soldiers to convince them to stay and fight when Agamemnon is telling them to go home?
(a) Nestor.
(b) Hera.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Odysseus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Helen challenge Paris to do?

3. Who accompanies Chryseis back home?

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

5. What objects are sacrificed before the duel in Book 3 between Paris and his competition?

(see the answer key)

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