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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paris decide to do to end the fighting?
(a) To give Helen back to the Greeks.
(b) To return all the possessions he took from the Greeks, along with some gifts.
(c) To return all the possessions he took from the Greeks, including Helen.
(d) To give the Greeks gifts.

2. Which Greek man is chosen to fight Hector after Nestor shames them?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Ajax.
(c) Diomedes.
(d) Agamemnon.

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

4. Who helps Diomedes when he is injured by Pandaros?
(a) Hera.
(b) Helena.
(c) Athena.
(d) Apollo.

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

6. Before Pandaros' actions cause more fighting, what are the Greeks and Trojans close to doing?
(a) Creating a truce and returning Helen.
(b) Ending the war by trading kings.
(c) Giving each other gold to create a peace.
(d) Ending the war.

7. How do Diomedes and Glaukos seal their friendship?
(a) By trading armor.
(b) By praying together to the gods.
(c) By trading swords.
(d) By trading horses.

8. What warning does Athena give Diomedes after she lifts the veil from his eyes?
(a) Not to talk to the gods.
(b) Not to interfere with the gods.
(c) Not to do battle with the immortals.
(d) Not to anger the gods.

9. Who stops Achilles from killing Agamemnon?
(a) Athena.
(b) Helena.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Hera.

10. Who goes and spies on the Greek camp?
(a) Hector.
(b) Dolon.
(c) Nestor.
(d) Makatos.

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

12. Where has Eurypylos been wounded
(a) Shoulder.
(b) Thigh.
(c) Chest.
(d) Arm.

13. What does Helen challenge Paris to do?
(a) Fight without the gods' help.
(b) Go back and finish fighting Menelaus.
(c) Fight honorably to keep her.
(d) Go back and fight for her honor.

14. Who was the mortal man responsible for the plague against the army?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Chratheus.
(d) Agamemnon.

15. What promise does Zeus get from Hera?
(a) That she cannot protest if Zeus destroys a city that holds men dear to her.
(b) That she cannot protest if Zeus assures Helen's safety.
(c) That she cannot protest if Zeus destroys a city where there is a temple to her.
(d) That she cannot protest if Zeus helps the other side.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zeus suggest to Agamemnon in a dream in order to trick him?

2. What does Poulydamas suggest to Hector?

3. Who does Hector pray to for his son to be a great ruler?

4. When do the Trojans finally break through the wall?

5. Phoenix is what to Achilles?

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