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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Zeus, Hera, and Athena arguing about on Mount Olympus after the divine intervention in Paris' duel?
(a) They are arguing over the outcome of the duel.
(b) They are arguing if Paris is a coward.
(c) They are agreeing not to interfere.
(d) They are arguing who won the war.

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

3. After Zeus sends the goddess of Hate down to the Greeks, what does he send Iris to tell Hector?
(a) To pull back until Agamemnon is wounded.
(b) To pull back until Agamemnon is dead.
(c) To pull back until Agamemnon asks to talk to Hector.
(d) To pull back until the morning.

4. What does Zeus send as a sign that he has heard Agamemnon when Hector is on the verge of burning the Greek ships?
(a) An eagle carrying a deer.
(b) An eagle carrying an ox.
(c) An eagle carrying an olive branch.
(d) An eagle carrying a lamb.

5. Who is the wise leader from Pylos who tries to stop Achilles and Agamemnon from arguing?
(a) Darius.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Pylosies.
(d) Nathan.

6. Who goes and spies on the Trojan camp?
(a) Odysseus and Menelaus.
(b) Diomedes.
(c) Menelaus and Diomedes.
(d) Diomedes and Odysseus.

7. Who accompanies Chryseis back home?
(a) Talthybios.
(b) Aias.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Odysseus.

8. Who is Aphrodite's mother?
(a) A mortal.
(b) Hera.
(c) Athena.
(d) Dione.

9. The book opens during what year of the Trojan War?
(a) The tenth year.
(b) The eleventh year.
(c) The fifth year.
(d) The first year.

10. What is Diomedes allowed to do to Aphrodite if necessary?
(a) Talk to her.
(b) Stab her.
(c) Warn her away.
(d) Spear her.

11. What frightens Hector's son?
(a) The plume on his helmet.
(b) The noise of his armor.
(c) His sword.
(d) The sounds of battle.

12. What emotion causes Agamemnon to have a change of heart towards Achilles?
(a) Humility towards the gods.
(b) A desire to get Helen back.
(c) Humility over his army's losses.
(d) A desire to win.

13. Why does Hector chastise Paris when he finds Paris with the troops and not preparing to meet his challenger from the Greek army?
(a) For being a coward for not standing up and accepting his challenge.
(b) For bringing the Trojans to the point of war and his selfishness for stealing another man's wife.
(c) For stealing another man's wife.
(d) For bringing the Trojans to war and being a coward.

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

15. What is one of Achilles' possible destinies?
(a) He will not come home from fighting the Trojans, and he will have no glory.
(b) He will not return home from fighting the Trojans, but his glory will be everlasting.
(c) He will come home from fighting the Trojans, and he will have no glory
(d) He will return home from fighting the Trojans, and his glory will be everlasting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Athena disguise herself as?

2. What is the challenge Paris issues to the Greeks on the battlefield?

3. Who stops Achilles from killing Agamemnon?

4. Which god does Hera ask to help the Greeks when she sees the Greeks are overwhelmed?

5. How do Diomedes and Glaukos seal their friendship?

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