View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Athena do to Achilles?
(a) Makes him more visible with a cloud of fire over his head.
(b) Makes him more visible by shining the sun on him.
(c) Makes him more visible with a bright star over his head.
(d) Makes him more visible with a shining sun over his head.

2. Nestor reminds the men that they have not accomplished what goal?
(a) Reclaiming Helen.
(b) Bringing glory to their king.
(c) Conquering Troy.
(d) Siezing the treasures of Troy.

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

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

5. What does Achilles tell his mother he is going to do in response to Patroclus' death?
(a) Avenge Patroclus and kill the Trojans.
(b) Avenge Patroclus and kill Hector.
(c) Enter the fighting because he should have been there
(d) Enter the fighting to end the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Phoenix burst into tears after Achilles' speach?

2. What did the Greeks build without Poseidon's permission?

3. Achilles kills so many men in the river, that he angers what god?

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

5. Why does Hector say he has to fight?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 322 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample