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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zeus send as a sign that he has heard Agamemnon when Hector is on the verge of burning the Greek ships?
(a) An eagle carrying an ox.
(b) An eagle carrying an olive branch.
(c) An eagle carrying a deer.
(d) An eagle carrying a lamb.

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

3. What does Poulydamas suggest to Hector?
(a) That the men get off their horses to cross the ditch.
(b) That the men climb on their horses' backs to cross the ditch.
(c) That the men don't cross the ditch.
(d) That the men build a bridge to cross the ditch.

4. Who does Poseidon disguise himself as when he appears to the Greeks after Zeus has taken his eyes off the battlefield?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Kalchas.

5. What weapon does Ajax carry?
(a) A long spear.
(b) A long sword.
(c) A large stone.
(d) A bow and arrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen challenge Paris to do?

2. Why does Poseidon interfere again?

3. Who does Zeus send down to the Greeks to stir up the battle?

4. Who must breathe strength into Hector?

5. What do the Trojans do to the Greek ships after Hector has had strength breathed into him by a god?

(see the answer key)

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