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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Patroclus tells Hector that Hector gained victory because?
(a) Apollo gave it to him.
(b) The gods gave it to him.
(c) Zeus and Apollo gave it to him.
(d) Zeus gave it to him.

2. What does Hector beg to have happen with his body?
(a) That it be delivered to King Priam.
(b) That it be delivered to his brother.
(c) That it be taken back to Troy.
(d) That it be given to Paris.

3. Achilles' mother is the daughter of which god?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Ares.
(d) Zeus.

4. What do the Trojans do to the Greek ships after Hector has had strength breathed into him by a god?
(a) Set fire to them.
(b) Sink them.
(c) Destroy them.
(d) Send them out to sea.

5. Who does Nestor meet with in order to discuss what to do now that they were wounded and could not fight?
(a) Achilles, Diomedes, and Agamemnon.
(b) Agamemnon, Odysseus, and Achilles.
(c) Odysseus, Diomedes, and Achilles.
(d) Agamemnon, Odysseus, and Diomedes.

6. Who saves Hector from being killed?
(a) Hera.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Athena.

7. Patroclus wears what that belongs to Achilles?
(a) His clothing.
(b) His helmet.
(c) His crown.
(d) His armor.

8. How many events are there in the funeral games?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

9. Who does Athena appear to Hector disguised as?
(a) Diemirius.
(b) Agenor.
(c) Paris.
(d) Deiphobos.

10. Who delivers the news of Patroclus' death to Achilles?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Antilochos.

11. Patroclus leaves Eurypylos to go to whom?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Hector.

12. Who is the fire god?
(a) Hephaestus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Mars.
(d) Zeus.

13. Who does Poseidon appear to?
(a) The two Ajaxes.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) The Trojans.

14. Who kills Hector?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Athena.
(d) Demedos.

15. What gates of Troy will Paris and Apollo be waiting for Achilles at, according to Hector?
(a) The west gates.
(b) The Scaean gates.
(c) The Athenian gates.
(d) The Olympian gates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Achilles keep from Patroclus?

2. Why does Apollo make Achilles chase him all over the plain?

3. After Agamemnon offers gifts in repentance to Achilles, where does Achilles tell Agamemnon their attention should be?

4. Apollo grants what protection to Hector's corpse?

5. Who is sent as a messenger to tell Achilles the gods are angry with him for the continued humiliation of Hector's body?

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