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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to grieve Patroclus' death with Achilles?
(a) His brother.
(b) His friends.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father .

2. Who joins forces with the Greeks to even the odds against Ares?
(a) Aphrodite and Apollo.
(b) Hera and Aphrodite.
(c) Hera and Athena.
(d) Apollo and Athena.

3. Who recommends that both sides take a break from the war to bury their dead?
(a) Paris.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Hector.

4. Which two Greeks carry Patroclus's body out of the battlefield and to the ships after Patroclus dies?
(a) Menelaus and Ajax.
(b) Menelaus and Diomedes.
(c) Menelaus and Antilochos.
(d) Menelaus and Agamemnon.

5. Who delivers the news of Patroclus' death to Achilles?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Antilochos.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the mortals end up fighting without the gods?

2. Which god or goddess protects Paris during the challenge that he issued to the Greeks on the battlefield?

3. Why does Zeus take his eyes off the battlefield after the Trojans have driven the Greeks to their ships?

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

5. Who opposes the speech which encourages the Greeks to fight after Agamemnon tells them to go home?

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