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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Phoenix burst into tears after Achilles' speach?
(a) For fear of the future of the Trojans.
(b) For fear of the future of the Greeks.
(c) For fear of the future of Achilles.
(d) For fear of the future.

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

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

4. Why do the men gather down by their vessels at the end of Book 2?
(a) To prove their loyalty.
(b) To stir up the war god.
(c) To go home.
(d) To get ready to fight.

5. Who opposes the speech which encourages the Greeks to fight after Agamemnon tells them to go home?
(a) Nestor.
(b) Hera.
(c) Thersites.
(d) Phyrous.

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

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

8. What does Diomedes say to his companions?
(a) That they should back down because the gods will make the weather bad for fighting.
(b) That they should back down because the gods want Helen to go back home.
(c) That they should back down because the gods are assisting their enemies.
(d) That they should back down because the gods will curse them.

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

10. After Agamemnon is stunned by Achilles' response to his offer, what does Diomedes says Achilles will do?
(a) Fight when the time comes.
(b) Fight only for himself.
(c) Not fight for the Greeks.
(d) Fight if the Greeks force him to.

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

12. Who does Hector pray to for his son to be a great ruler?
(a) Ares.
(b) Athena.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

13. What does Paris decide to do to end the fighting?
(a) To give the Greeks gifts.
(b) To give Helen back to the Greeks.
(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.

14. What is listed in Book 2?
(a) The names of the nobles fighting.
(b) The names of the troops.
(c) The gods and which side they are on.
(d) The troops and their ships.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Zeus, Hera, and Athena arguing about on Mount Olympus after the divine intervention in Paris' duel?

2. What promise does Zeus get from Hera?

3. What god or goddess helps the Trojans in Book 4?

4. Before Pandaros' actions cause more fighting, what are the Greeks and Trojans close to doing?

5. Who is urging Paris to return to the battlefield?

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