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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Zeus send down to the Greeks to stir up the battle?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hate.
(c) Lust.
(d) Ares.

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

4. Who intervenes to prevent the soldiers from deserting Agamemnon?
(a) Athena and Helen.
(b) Hera and Artemis.
(c) Athena and Artemis.
(d) Athena and Hera.

5. What did the Greeks build without Poseidon's permission?
(a) A fort on the beach.
(b) A fleet of ships.
(c) A wall on the beach.
(d) A wall in the ocean.

6. What do the Greek spies do with the Trojan spy's information?
(a) Find the Thacrian camp and take prisoners to get more information
(b) Go back to their camp and make a plan
(c) Go back to their camp and do nothing
(d) Find the Thacrian camp and kill everyone they can

7. Who are the two beautiful women that are captured as war prizes?
(a) Atheanna and Kristianna.
(b) Chryseis and Briseis.
(c) Olysis and Banalis.
(d) Charmis and Braeisis.

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

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

10. How does Aphrodite flee the battle in Book 5?
(a) She borrows horses from Helen.
(b) She borrows horses from Zeus.
(c) She borrows horses from Ares.
(d) She borrows horses from Apollo.

11. Who does Athena disguise herself as?
(a) Helen.
(b) A goddess.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A Trojan man.

12. 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) Agamemnon.
(b) Aias.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Menelaus.

13. 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.
(c) Ending the war by trading kings.
(d) Giving each other gold to create a peace.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does King Priam blame for the war?

2. Who joins forces with the Greeks to even the odds against Ares?

3. What does Poulydamas suggest to Hector?

4. How is Hector inspired in his plan to stop the fighting?

5. According to Zeus, who wins the duel between Paris and his Greek competitor on the battlefield?

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