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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Agamemnon, Odysseus, and Diomedes.
(d) Odysseus, Diomedes, and Achilles.

2. What does Xanthos promise Achilles?
(a) To fight with strength.
(b) To return him to the Greeks.
(c) To always stand by his side.
(d) To keep him safe this time.

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

4. Who is sent to King Priam to tell him that he can ransom his son's body?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Thetis.
(d) Iris.

5. 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) Destroy them.
(c) Send them out to sea.
(d) Sink them.

6. What do Athena and Poseidon urge Achilles to do after he has angered the river god?
(a) Focus on preventing more Greek ships from dying.
(b) Focus on the war.
(c) Focus on saving the Greek forces.
(d) Focus on pushing the battle to Troy.

7. Who alerts the Trojans to King Priam's return?
(a) Helen.
(b) Aleanna.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Paris.

8. What does Achilles tell his mother he is going to do in response to Patroclus' death?
(a) Avenge Patroclus and kill the Trojans.
(b) Enter the fighting to end the war.
(c) Enter the fighting because he should have been there
(d) Avenge Patroclus and kill Hector.

9. Ajax wounds Hector with what?
(a) A spear.
(b) An arrow.
(c) A sword.
(d) A large stone.

10. Why does Apollo make Achilles chase him all over the plain?
(a) To give the Trojans time to help their women and children flee.
(b) To give the Trojans time to collect their dead.
(c) To give the Trojans time to enter the city.
(d) To give the Trojans time to make their walls stronger.

11. After Agamemnon offers gifts in repentance to Achilles, where does Achilles tell Agamemnon their attention should be?
(a) On not losing the war.
(b) On killing the Trojans.
(c) On recoving Helen.
(d) On winning the war.

12. After Hector has died, and is being dragged behind Achilles' chariot, who utters a lament for Hector?
(a) Andromena.
(b) Helen.
(c) Karissia.
(d) Andromache.

13. Who does Zeus send to Achilles with ambrosia?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Hera.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Athena.

14. What does Zeus tell the divinities on Mount Olympus when he summons them after Achilles returns to the fighting?
(a) They can interfere any way they want.
(b) They may not interfere in the battle.
(c) They can interfere only when Achilles is fighting.
(d) They must remember to not disobey him.

15. Who reminds Achilles that his fate is to die under the Trojan walls?
(a) Kalchas.
(b) Patroclus.
(c) Thetis.
(d) Hector.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men does Achilles decide to kill to avenge Patroclus?

2. Who does Poseidon appear to?

3. What does Achilles keep from Patroclus?

4. Who tells the gods about Zeus' plan?

5. Achilles tells Patroclus that he is not fighting because of what?

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