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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Thetis?
(a) Demi-goddess.
(b) Sea nymph.
(c) Goddess.
(d) Mortal.

3. Who does King Priam blame for the war?
(a) Helen.
(b) The gods.
(c) Paris.
(d) The Greeks.

4. Why does Hector chastise Paris when he finds Paris with the troops and not preparing to meet his challenger from the Greek army?
(a) For stealing another man's wife.
(b) For bringing the Trojans to the point of war and his selfishness for stealing another man's wife.
(c) For being a coward for not standing up and accepting his challenge.
(d) For bringing the Trojans to war and being a coward.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Before Pandaros' actions cause more fighting, what are the Greeks and Trojans close to doing?

4. What are Zeus, Hera, and Athena arguing about on Mount Olympus after the divine intervention in Paris' duel?

5. Who intervenes to prevent the soldiers from deserting Agamemnon?

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