View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Pandaros' actions cause more fighting, what are the Greeks and Trojans close to doing?
(a) Giving each other gold to create a peace.
(b) Creating a truce and returning Helen.
(c) Ending the war by trading kings.
(d) Ending the war.

2. Who suggests that Odysseus, Diomedes, and Agamemnon go to the battlefield to be seen and not fight?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Nestor .
(c) Diomedes.
(d) Agamemnon.

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

4. Patroclus leaves Eurypylos to go to whom?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Hector.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Achilles.

5. What does Paris decide to do to end the fighting?
(a) To give Helen back to the Greeks.
(b) To give the Greeks gifts.
(c) To return all the possessions he took from the Greeks, including Helen.
(d) To return all the possessions he took from the Greeks, along with some gifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Athena disguise herself as?

2. What is stolen from the Thracian camp when the Greek spies find the Thracian camp?

3. Nestor reminds the men that they have not accomplished what goal?

4. Who are the two beautiful women that are captured as war prizes?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 272 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample