The Iliad Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Iliad Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Patroclus do for the wound of Eurypylos?
(a) Washes it, stops the flow of blood, gives bitter root to ease the pain, and bandages it.
(b) Washes it, gives bitter root to ease the pain, and bandages it.
(c) Washes it, stops the flow of blood, and bandages it.
(d) Washes it, stops the flow of blood, and gives bitter root to ease the pain.

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

6. What does Poulydamas suggest to Hector?
(a) That the men climb on their horses' backs to cross the ditch.
(b) That the men get off their horses to cross the ditch.
(c) That the men don't cross the ditch.
(d) That the men build a bridge to cross the ditch.

7. Which Greek man's death is foretold by Zeus to Hera?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Patroclus
(d) Odysseus.

8. According to Zeus, who wins the duel between Paris and his Greek competitor on the battlefield?
(a) The Trojans.
(b) Paris.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) Menelaus.

9. Which god or goddess protects Paris during the challenge that he issued to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hera.
(d) Apollo.

10. Agamemnon is confident that what?
(a) That his army is superior.
(b) That the Greeks will win.
(c) That Zeus is on his side.
(d) The gods are on his side.

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

12. How does Helen entertain King Priam?
(a) She tells him jokes.
(b) She points out Greek warriors she remembers.
(c) She makes fun of the men fighting.
(d) She tells him stories of her life before Paris.

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

14. Which god does Hera ask to help the Greeks when she sees the Greeks are overwhelmed?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Ares.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zeus send as a sign that he has heard Agamemnon when Hector is on the verge of burning the Greek ships?

2. Why does Aphrodite flee the battle after she interferes to save her son, Aeneas?

3. Who speaks to the Greek soldiers to convince them to stay and fight when Agamemnon is telling them to go home?

4. Nestor reminds the men that they have not accomplished what goal?

5. How do Diomedes and Glaukos seal their friendship?

(see the answer keys)

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