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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Athena do to Achilles?
(a) Makes him more visible with a shining sun over his head.
(b) Makes him more visible with a bright star over his head.
(c) Makes him more visible with a cloud of fire over his head.
(d) Makes him more visible by shining the sun on him.

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

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

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

5. Why does Poseidon interfere again?
(a) Because Hector prays to Poseidon.
(b) Because Poseidon doesn't like Zeus.
(c) Because Amphimachos is killed by Hector.
(d) Because Hector is his grandson.

6. Who wins the armor of Achilles?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Hector.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Paris.

7. During the fighting that occurs after the Greeks are driven to their ships by the Trojans, what inspires Menelaus to fight valiantly?
(a) The ability to rescue Helen.
(b) The success of other men.
(c) The death of Hector.
(d) The gods.

8. What happens to Patroclus' horses?
(a) Zeus breathes strength into them so they can return to the ships.
(b) They run back to the ships because they fear the noise of the battle.
(c) The horses die.
(d) Menelaus takes them back to the ships with Patroclus' body.

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

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

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

12. How long does Achilles hold the Greek army back so Priam can bury Hector?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Nine days.
(c) Twelve days.
(d) Eleven days.

13. What are Patroclus' horses doing after Patroclus dies while there is a fight over his body?
(a) Running away from the battle.
(b) Weeping over his death.
(c) Standing guard over Patroclus' body
(d) Getting killed by the Trojans.

14. What does Achilles' mother ask him to wait for?
(a) Her to bring back a new set of armor.
(b) Her to bring back a set of sea-armor.
(c) Her to bring back fighters.
(d) Her to bring back a god-made weapon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Hector from being killed?

2. Who is the first Trojan to see Achilles approach the city gates?

3. Apollo takes what form on the battlefield?

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

5. Apollo reminds Patroclus of what?

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