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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who must breathe strength into Hector?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Poseidon.

2. Who suggests that Odysseus, Diomedes, and Agamemnon go to the battlefield to be seen and not fight?
(a) Diomedes.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Nestor .

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

4. After Apollo intervenes, who confronts Achilles first?
(a) Nestor.
(b) Hector.
(c) Paris.
(d) Aeneas.

5. Achilles kills so many men in the river, that he angers what god?
(a) Siemios.
(b) Xanthus.
(c) Hephaestus.
(d) Poseidon.

6. What does Thetis advise Achilles to do?
(a) Fight hard with strength.
(b) Make up with Agamemnon.
(c) Wear his new armor into battle.
(d) Pray to the gods for help.

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

8. 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.

9. What does Apollo forbid Hector to do when fighting Achilles after Patroclus has died?
(a) Fight Achilles alone.
(b) Fight Achilles with swords.
(c) Fight Achilles in battle.
(d) Fight Achilles on a hillside.

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

11. 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 saving the Greek forces.
(c) Focus on the war.
(d) Focus on pushing the battle to Troy.

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

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

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

15. What does Achilles keep from Patroclus?
(a) His favorite bow and arrows.
(b) His favorite spear.
(c) His armor.
(d) His favorite sword.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gates of Troy will Paris and Apollo be waiting for Achilles at, according to Hector?

2. Who does Poseidon appear to?

3. After Patroclus is sent to the fighting by Achilles, Achilles asks what of Zeus?

4. Hera injures what god?

5. What happens to Patroclus' horses?

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