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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aphrodite flee the battle in Book 5?
(a) She borrows horses from Ares.
(b) She borrows horses from Apollo.
(c) She borrows horses from Helen.
(d) She borrows horses from Zeus.

2. Why does Andromache not want Hector to go back to the battle?
(a) She wants him to take over for Paris.
(b) She does not want him to kill any more Greeks.
(c) She does not want to live without him.
(d) She does not want to be a widow and her son an orphan.

3. What is the challenge Paris issues to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) For the Greeks to reclaim Helen.
(b) For any Greek warrior to steal Helen from him.
(c) For any Greek warrior to fight him in man-to-man combat.
(d) For any Greek warrior to kill him with an arrow.

4. What does Zeus suggest to Agamemnon in a dream in order to trick him?
(a) That the Greeks will beat the Trojans in the war.
(b) That the Greeks will rescue Helen in the next battle.
(c) That the Greeks will gain lots of treaures from Troy.
(d) That the Greeks will be victorious over the Trojans in the next batttle.

5. Why does Agamemnon tell the soldiers that they should give up and go home?
(a) He is telling them his dream.
(b) He is testing their loyalty.
(c) He want. to see who really wants to fight.
(d) He wants them all to go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paris promise to Hector when Hector finds him after the Trojans retreat to the city?

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

3. What are the two sides in the war?

4. What does Helen challenge Paris to do?

5. Why is Zeus awake at night in the beginning of Book 2?

(see the answer key)

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