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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is stolen from the Thracian camp when the Greek spies find the Thracian camp?
(a) The king.
(b) The king's famous horses.
(c) The king's weapons.
(d) The king's jewels.

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

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

4. What does Diomedes say to his companions?
(a) That they should back down because the gods will make the weather bad for fighting.
(b) That they should back down because the gods are assisting their enemies.
(c) That they should back down because the gods will curse them.
(d) That they should back down because the gods want Helen to go back home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the men gather down by their vessels at the end of Book 2?

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

3. Who must breathe strength into Hector?

4. What does Hera do to Poseidon?

5. Ajax wounds Hector with what?

(see the answer key)

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