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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wins the spear throwing event in the Funeral Games?
(a) Diomedes.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Ajax.

2. After Hector has died, and is being dragged behind Achilles' chariot, who utters a lament for Hector?
(a) Andromache.
(b) Andromena.
(c) Karissia.
(d) Helen.

3. Agamemnon's offer to Achilles is meant to do what?
(a) Get Achilles to forgive Agamemnon.
(b) Get Achilles to not fight for the Trojans.
(c) Get Achilles to bring the gods onto the side of the Greeks.
(d) Get Achilles to come back and fight for the Greeks.

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 is dead.
(b) To pull back until Agamemnon asks to talk to Hector.
(c) To pull back until the morning.
(d) To pull back until Agamemnon is wounded.

5. What does Zeus tell the divinities on Mount Olympus when he summons them after Achilles returns to the fighting?
(a) They can interfere only when Achilles is fighting.
(b) They can interfere any way they want.
(c) They must remember to not disobey him.
(d) They may not interfere in the battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What goddess gives the horses a voice?

2. Who does Nestor meet with in order to discuss what to do now that they were wounded and could not fight?

3. Who must breathe strength into Hector?

4. What does Achilles keep from Patroclus?

5. Where does Hector find Paris after the Trojans are forced to retreat?

(see the answer key)

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