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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who speaks to the Greek soldiers to convince them to stay and fight when Agamemnon is telling them to go home?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Hera.

2. Phoenix is what to Achilles?
(a) A brother.
(b) A family retainer.
(c) A cousin.
(d) A friend.

3. What is listed in Book 2?
(a) The names of the troops.
(b) The gods and which side they are on.
(c) The names of the nobles fighting.
(d) The troops and their ships.

4. What does Pandaros do to Menelaus in order to break the truce between the Greeks and the Trojans?
(a) Stab Menelaus with a spear.
(b) Run down Menelaus with a horse.
(c) Stab Menelaus with a sword.
(d) Shoot an arrow at Menelaus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the response of the god to Hera's request for him to help the Greeks?

3. What does Athena do to help the Greek spies after they steal from the Thracian camp?

4. What does Helen challenge Paris to do?

5. What does Patroclus do for the wound of Eurypylos?

(see the answer key)

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