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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Zeus' wife?
(a) Thetis.
(b) Hera.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Helen.

2. What is the response of the god to Hera's request for him to help the Greeks?
(a) No, he will not disobey Zeus.
(b) No, he isn't interested.
(c) No, he doesn't like the Greeks.
(d) No, he doesn't want to help Hera.

3. Who prophesies that the Greeks will win the war against the Trojans in ten years?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Kalchas.

4. What are the two sides in the war?
(a) The Trojans and the Spartans.
(b) The Greeks and the Trojans.
(c) The Spartans and the Greeks.
(d) The Creteans and the Trojans.

5. What is Thetis?
(a) Demi-goddess.
(b) Mortal.
(c) Goddess.
(d) Sea nymph.

6. Who decides the violence should end?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo and Athena.
(c) Apollo and Ares.
(d) Ares and Athena.

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

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

9. What god or goddess helps the Trojans in Book 4?
(a) Hera.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Athena.
(d) Zeus.

10. Who does Helen sit next to when watching Paris taking part in the duel on the battlefield?
(a) King Priam.
(b) King Agamemnon.
(c) King Pyliam.
(d) King Ageneneis.

11. Where does Achilles watch the battle from?
(a) The city walls.
(b) A hilltop.
(c) The back of the army.
(d) His ship.

12. Who does Zeus send down to the Greeks to stir up the battle?
(a) Athena.
(b) Lust.
(c) Hate.
(d) Ares.

13. Why is Zeus awake at night in the beginning of Book 2?
(a) He is planning on how to win the war for the Trojans.
(b) He is planning on how to humiliate Agamemnon.
(c) He is planning on how to bring honor to Achilles.
(d) He is planning on how to bring Helen home.

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

15. Who kills Adrestos?
(a) Adrestos doesn't die.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Helen angers Aphrodite in Book 3?

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

3. Who joins forces with the Greeks to even the odds against Ares?

4. The book opens during what year of the Trojan War?

5. What does Athena do to help the Greek spies after they steal from the Thracian camp?

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