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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen challenge Paris to do?
(a) Fight honorably to keep her.
(b) Go back and fight for her honor.
(c) Go back and finish fighting Menelaus.
(d) Fight without the gods' help.

2. What are Zeus, Hera, and Athena arguing about on Mount Olympus after the divine intervention in Paris' duel?
(a) They are arguing over the outcome of the duel.
(b) They are arguing who won the war.
(c) They are agreeing not to interfere.
(d) They are arguing if Paris is a coward.

3. Who is Zeus' wife?
(a) Hera.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Helen.
(d) Thetis.

4. After Zeus sends the goddess of Hate down to the Greeks, what does he send Iris to tell Hector?
(a) To pull back until Agamemnon asks to talk to Hector.
(b) To pull back until the morning.
(c) To pull back until Agamemnon is dead.
(d) To pull back until Agamemnon is wounded.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who must breathe strength into Hector?

3. After Agamemnon is stunned by Achilles' response to his offer, what does Diomedes says Achilles will do?

4. Who speaks to the Greek soldiers to convince them to stay and fight when Agamemnon is telling them to go home?

5. Who accompanies Chryseis back home?

(see the answer key)

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