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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the fighting that occurs after the Greeks are driven to their ships by the Trojans, what inspires Menelaus to fight valiantly?
(a) The gods.
(b) The ability to rescue Helen.
(c) The death of Hector.
(d) The success of other men.

2. Who answers Paris' challenge to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Priam.
(c) Hector.
(d) Menelaus.

3. Why do the men gather down by their vessels at the end of Book 2?
(a) To get ready to fight.
(b) To stir up the war god.
(c) To go home.
(d) To prove their loyalty.

4. Who does Poseidon appear to?
(a) The Trojans.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) The two Ajaxes.
(d) Odysseus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Patroclus is sent to the fighting by Achilles, Achilles asks what of Zeus?

2. Poseidon appears to whom in order to inspire him to lead his men onto the battlefield, but stay out of range of arrows so as not to be wounded further?

3. After being advised by Poulydamas to concentrate his forces for more strength, Hector is challenged by which Greek man?

4. What will Pandaros get if he follows the advice of Athena and causes more fighting?

5. Who does Poseidon disguise himself as when he appears to the Greeks after Zeus has taken his eyes off the battlefield?

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