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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Eurypylos been wounded
(a) Chest.
(b) Arm.
(c) Shoulder.
(d) Thigh.

2. What is the challenge Paris issues to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) For any Greek warrior to kill him with an arrow.
(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 the Greeks to reclaim Helen.

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

4. What does Patroclus do for the wound of Eurypylos?
(a) Washes it, stops the flow of blood, and bandages it.
(b) Washes it, stops the flow of blood, gives bitter root to ease the pain, and bandages it.
(c) Washes it, stops the flow of blood, and gives bitter root to ease the pain.
(d) Washes it, gives bitter root to ease the pain, and bandages it.

5. Who opposes the speech which encourages the Greeks to fight after Agamemnon tells them to go home?
(a) Thersites.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Hera.
(d) Phyrous.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Agamemnon sacrifice to Zeus in Book 2?

3. Why does Aphrodite flee the battle after she interferes to save her son, Aeneas?

4. What does Zeus suggest to Agamemnon in a dream in order to trick him?

5. What frightens Hector's son?

(see the answer key)

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