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

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 where there is a temple to her.
(d) That she cannot protest if Zeus destroys a city that holds men dear to her.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Who is urging Paris to return to the battlefield?
(a) His mother.
(b) Helen and Hector.
(c) Helen.
(d) Hector.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which goddess hates Troy?

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

3. Why do the mortals end up fighting without the gods?

4. Who calls Agamemnon greedy for profit and shameless?

5. What is Helen weaving when she is visited by a divine messenger?

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