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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Thetis?
(a) Goddess.
(b) Demi-goddess.
(c) Sea nymph.
(d) Mortal.
2. Which god or goddess protects Paris during the challenge that he issued to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hera.
(d) Aphrodite.
3. Who is Zeus' wife?
(a) Hera.
(b) Helen.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Thetis.
4. Nestor reminds the men that they have not accomplished what goal?
(a) Reclaiming Helen.
(b) Bringing glory to their king.
(c) Conquering Troy.
(d) Siezing the treasures of Troy.
5. What does Zeus suggest to Agamemnon in a dream in order to trick him?
(a) That the Greeks will beat the Trojans in the war.
(b) That the Greeks will gain lots of treaures from Troy.
(c) That the Greeks will be victorious over the Trojans in the next batttle.
(d) That the Greeks will rescue Helen in the next battle.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who calls Agamemnon greedy for profit and shameless?
2. What does lifting the veil from Diomedes' eyes allow him to do?
3. Why does Agamemnon tell the soldiers that they should give up and go home?
4. Who demands that the Trojans concede victory to the Greeks and return Helen?
5. Who does Zeus send down to the Greeks to stir up the battle?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Odysseus and Diomedes do with the information they gain from the Trojan spy?
2. After Achilles tells his sorrows to his mother, what does his mother do?
3. In the beginning of Book 10, what happens when the Trojan and Greek spies meet?
4. On his way back to the ships, what demonstrates that Patroclus has a kind heart?
5. Where does Achilles sit in sorrow, and what happens as a result?
6. How do the Trojans successfully attack the wall the Greeks have built?
7. Why is there a listing of soldiers and ships at the end of Book 2?
8. Is Paris a weak character? Please support your answer with examples from the book.
9. What is the difference between the stance of the gods and the stance of the Trojan and Greek armies in Book 4?
10. How are Hector and his wife different from Helen and Paris?
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