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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the priest that Achilles calls upon to see what must be done to appease Apollo?
(a) Kalchas.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Aias.
(d) Chryses.

2. What does Agamemnon sacrifice to Zeus in Book 2?
(a) A fat cow.
(b) A fat ox.
(c) A fat pig.
(d) A fat sheep.

3. Who does Athena appear to Hector disguised as?
(a) Agenor.
(b) Diemirius.
(c) Deiphobos.
(d) Paris.

4. What does Zeus hope will make Achilles so angry that he will kill Hector?
(a) Paris wounding Patroclus.
(b) Paris killing Patroclus.
(c) Hector killing Patroclus.
(d) Hector wounding Patroclus.

5. What is the challenge Paris issues to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) For any Greek warrior to steal Helen from him.
(b) For any Greek warrior to fight him in man-to-man combat.
(c) For any Greek warrior to kill him with an arrow.
(d) For the Greeks to reclaim Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patroclus leaves Eurypylos to go to whom?

2. Which two Greeks carry Patroclus's body out of the battlefield and to the ships after Patroclus dies?

3. What are the two sides in the war?

4. What does Paris promise to Hector when Hector finds him after the Trojans retreat to the city?

5. Who does Thetis appeal to in order to regain honor to Achilles?

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