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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Poseidon appears to whom in order to inspire him to lead his men onto the battlefield, but stay out of range of arrows so as not to be wounded further?
(a) Hector.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Paris.
(d) Ajax.

2. Who comes to grieve Patroclus' death with Achilles?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His friends.
(d) His father .

3. Why does Zeus take his eyes off the battlefield after the Trojans have driven the Greeks to their ships?
(a) Hera and Athena pursuade him to leave the battle alone.
(b) He is no longer concerned about the battle.
(c) Because he thinks no one will disobey him.
(d) He has other places to be concerned about.

4. What does Hermes do in the night to King Priam while he is in the Greek camp to ransom Hector's body?
(a) Delievers a message from the gods in his dreams.
(b) Wakes him up to prevent his death.
(c) Delivers a message from the gods.
(d) Wakes him up to get him to return home.

5. Apollo grants what protection to Hector's corpse?
(a) Protection from decay.
(b) Protection from insects.
(c) Protection from the effects of the sun.
(d) Protection from burning.

6. Who wins the spear throwing event in the Funeral Games?
(a) Diomedes.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Ajax.

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

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

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

10. Who's withdrawal weakens the Trojan army?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Paris.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hector.

11. How many men does Achilles decide to kill to avenge Patroclus?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Twelve.

12. Apollo takes what form on the battlefield?
(a) A mortal man, Demedious.
(b) A mortal man, Agenor.
(c) A mortal man, Hector.
(d) A mortal man, Klaudius.

13. Aphrodite anoints Hectors corpse with what?
(a) Olive immortal oil.
(b) Lavender immortal oil.
(c) Rose immortal oil.
(d) Poppy immortal oil.

14. Who is sent as a messenger to tell Achilles the gods are angry with him for the continued humiliation of Hector's body?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hera.
(c) Thetis.
(d) Iris.

15. After Patroclus is sent to the fighting by Achilles, Achilles asks what of Zeus?
(a) For no more Greek ships to be burned.
(b) For Patroclus to be unharmed.
(c) For Patroclus' success and safety.
(d) For the Greeks' success and safety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Menelaus think Achilles will not come to fight?

2. Who does Apollo disguise himself as in order to delay Achilles from fighting Hector?

3. What do Athena and Poseidon urge Achilles to do after he has angered the river god?

4. During the fighting that occurs after the Greeks are driven to their ships by the Trojans, what inspires Menelaus to fight valiantly?

5. What do the Trojans do to the Greek ships after Hector has had strength breathed into him by a god?

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