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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who accompanies Chryseis back home?
(a) Talthybios.
(b) Aias.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Achilles.

3. What are the two sides in the war?
(a) The Greeks and the Trojans.
(b) The Trojans and the Spartans.
(c) The Spartans and the Greeks.
(d) The Creteans and the Trojans.

4. Who is Ares?
(a) The god of the Greeks.
(b) The god of archers.
(c) The god of horses.
(d) The god of war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Greek man's death is foretold by Zeus to Hera?

2. According to Zeus, who wins the duel between Paris and his Greek competitor on the battlefield?

3. What is listed in Book 2?

4. After Zeus and Hera come to an agreement on Mount Olympus, who is sent to stir the men up to battle?

5. What objects are sacrificed before the duel in Book 3 between Paris and his competition?

(see the answer key)

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