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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Aphrodite flee the battle after she interferes to save her son, Aeneas?
(a) She got bored.
(b) Pandaros did not favor her.
(c) Her favorite warrior died.
(d) Diomedes wounded her.

2. Who does Hector pray to for his son to be a great ruler?
(a) Athena.
(b) Ares.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

3. Which Greek man is chosen to fight Hector after Nestor shames them?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Diomedes.
(d) Ajax.

4. 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 to live without him.
(c) She does not want to be a widow and her son an orphan.
(d) She does not want him to kill any more Greeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hector do when the Trojans are forced to retreat?

2. In Achilles' absence, who is the Greek's best warrior?

3. Where did Hector's wife go to see if she can find him?

4. What is Diomedes allowed to do to Aphrodite if necessary?

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

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