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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hector chastise Paris when he finds Paris with the troops and not preparing to meet his challenger from the Greek army?
(a) For bringing the Trojans to war and being a coward.
(b) For stealing another man's wife.
(c) For bringing the Trojans to the point of war and his selfishness for stealing another man's wife.
(d) For being a coward for not standing up and accepting his challenge.

2. Why does Hector say he has to fight?
(a) He needs to be a leader.
(b) It is his responsibility.
(c) He is good at fighting.
(d) It is destined by the gods.

3. Achilles tells Patroclus that he is not fighting because of what?
(a) Agamemnon's actions in the matter of Briseis.
(b) The prophecy Kalchas made.
(c) He does not want to die.
(d) The prophecy his mother told him.

4. Who does Athena disguise herself as?
(a) A soldier.
(b) Helen.
(c) A Trojan man.
(d) A goddess.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who prophesies that the Greeks will win the war against the Trojans in ten years?

3. What does Poulydamas suggest to Hector?

4. Why does Poseidon interfere again?

5. What does Achilles' mother ask him to wait for?

(see the answer key)

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