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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ares?
(a) The god of war.
(b) The god of archers.
(c) The god of the Greeks.
(d) The god of horses.

2. What happens to Patroclus' horses?
(a) The horses die.
(b) Menelaus takes them back to the ships with Patroclus' body.
(c) They run back to the ships because they fear the noise of the battle.
(d) Zeus breathes strength into them so they can return to the ships.

3. What does Thetis advise Achilles to do?
(a) Wear his new armor into battle.
(b) Pray to the gods for help.
(c) Fight hard with strength.
(d) Make up with Agamemnon.

4. What prevents Diomedes from killing Glaukos?
(a) They realize they are relatives.
(b) They realize they are on the same side.
(c) The gods interfere.
(d) Their ancestors were friends.

5. What does Achilles' mother ask him to wait for?
(a) Her to bring back a set of sea-armor.
(b) Her to bring back a new set of armor.
(c) Her to bring back a god-made weapon.
(d) Her to bring back fighters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to grieve Patroclus' death with Achilles?

2. Who does Apollo disguise himself as in order to delay Achilles from fighting Hector?

3. Who suggests that Odysseus, Diomedes, and Agamemnon go to the battlefield to be seen and not fight?

4. What warning does Athena give Diomedes after she lifts the veil from his eyes?

5. Who does Achilles send to get information on the war?

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