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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 Helen weaving when she is visited by a divine messenger?
(a) A red robe with scenes from the war.
(b) A red wall hanging with scenes from the war.
(c) A blue robe with scenes from the war.
(d) A blue wall hanging with scenes from the war.

2. What will Pandaros get if he follows the advice of Athena and causes more fighting?
(a) A place among the kings and princes.
(b) Great honor.
(c) Great glory.
(d) A place among the gods.

3. Who demands that the Trojans concede victory to the Greeks and return Helen?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Menelaus
(d) Priam.

4. Who is the priest that Achilles calls upon to see what must be done to appease Apollo?
(a) Kalchas.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Chryses.
(d) Aias.

5. How does Aphrodite flee the battle in Book 5?
(a) She borrows horses from Helen.
(b) She borrows horses from Zeus.
(c) She borrows horses from Apollo.
(d) She borrows horses from Ares.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pandaros do to Menelaus in order to break the truce between the Greeks and the Trojans?

2. Agamemnon is confident that what?

3. Who speaks to the Greek soldiers to convince them to stay and fight when Agamemnon is telling them to go home?

4. Who are the two beautiful women that are captured as war prizes?

5. Who does Zeus send down to the Greeks to stir up the battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hector shame Paris into fighting the duel?

2. What is the interpretation of the eagle and the snake that Hector does not like?

3. What do Odysseus and Diomedes do with the information they gain from the Trojan spy?

4. Why is there a listing of soldiers and ships at the end of Book 2?

5. In Book 3, why is Paris considered a coward?

6. What kind of goddess is Aphrodite? Please support your answer with examples.

7. How are Hector and his wife different from Helen and Paris?

8. In Book 11, what happens while Achilles watches the battle from his ship?

9. In Book 3, what is one emotion that Helen might be feeling, and why?

10. How does Paris' selfishness manifest itself in Book 7?

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