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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) Apollo.
(b) Ares.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Poseidon.

2. Who tells the gods about Zeus' plan?
(a) Helen.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hera.

3. Hera injures what god?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Athena.
(d) Apollo.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Apollo reminds Patroclus of what?
(a) That it is not his fate to die this day.
(b) That it is not his fate to take the city of Troy.
(c) That it is not his fate to kill Hector.
(d) That it is not his fate to destroy Paris.

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

11. Achilles tells Patroclus that he is not fighting because of what?
(a) The prophecy Kalchas made.
(b) The prophecy his mother told him.
(c) He does not want to die.
(d) Agamemnon's actions in the matter of Briseis.

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

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

14. Why does Menelaus think Achilles will not come to fight?
(a) Because Achilles doesn't like Agamemnon.
(b) Because Achilles swore not to fight.
(c) Because Achilles has no armor.
(d) Because Achilles is in mourning for Patroclus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the fire god?

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

3. What does Athena do to Achilles?

4. What does Apollo forbid Hector to do when fighting Achilles after Patroclus has died?

5. Who delivers the news of Patroclus' death to Achilles?

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