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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the mortals end up fighting without the gods?
(a) The gods didn't like all the fighting.
(b) The gods got annoyed with the mortals.
(c) The gods left the battle to keep things even.
(d) The gods had bigger problems.

2. Who speaks to the Greek soldiers to convince them to stay and fight when Agamemnon is telling them to go home?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Hera.
(d) Odysseus.

3. Why does Andromache not want Hector to go back to the battle?
(a) She does not want to live without him.
(b) She wants him to take over for Paris.
(c) She does not want him to kill any more Greeks.
(d) She does not want to be a widow and her son an orphan.

4. Why does Agamemnon tell the soldiers that they should give up and go home?
(a) He wants them all to go home.
(b) He want. to see who really wants to fight.
(c) He is testing their loyalty.
(d) He is telling them his dream.

5. Who answers Paris' challenge to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Hector.
(d) Priam.

6. What advice does Zeus let Athena give to the Greeks after she promises not to interfere?
(a) Give advice to the Greeks to maximize their victory.
(b) Give advice to the Greeks to minimize their losses.
(c) Give advice to the Greeks to retrieve Helen.
(d) Give advice to the Greeks on their retreat.

7. Who is the first man who offers to fight Hector when Hector challenges the Greeks to a duel so that the fighting can end??
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Aias.

8. Who calls Agamemnon greedy for profit and shameless?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Aias.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Nestor.

9. Which goddess hates Troy?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Hera.
(c) Athena.
(d) Artemis.

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

11. Who does Thetis appeal to in order to regain honor to Achilles?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Hera.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Odysseus.

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

13. Phoenix is what to Achilles?
(a) A friend.
(b) A cousin.
(c) A family retainer.
(d) A brother.

14. What does lifting the veil from Diomedes' eyes allow him to do?
(a) See the gods when they are helping the enemy.
(b) See the gods whenever he wants.
(c) See the gods on Mount Olympus.
(d) See the gods during sacrifices.

15. Who is Achilles' mother?
(a) Thetis.
(b) Thallia.
(c) Hera.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Helen weaving when she is visited by a divine messenger?

2. Where is the eagle injured?

3. What does Zeus forbid the other gods to do after he tells them his plan?

4. Who are the two beautiful women that are captured as war prizes?

5. Agamemnon is confident that what?

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