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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 emotion causes Agamemnon to have a change of heart towards Achilles?
(a) A desire to get Helen back.
(b) Humility towards the gods.
(c) A desire to win.
(d) Humility over his army's losses.

2. Who does Helen sit next to when watching Paris taking part in the duel on the battlefield?
(a) King Pyliam.
(b) King Ageneneis.
(c) King Priam.
(d) King Agamemnon.

3. What did the Greeks build without Poseidon's permission?
(a) A fort on the beach.
(b) A wall in the ocean.
(c) A fleet of ships.
(d) A wall on the beach.

4. Where does Achilles watch the battle from?
(a) A hilltop.
(b) The back of the army.
(c) The city walls.
(d) His ship.

5. Who joins forces with the Greeks to even the odds against Ares?
(a) Aphrodite and Apollo.
(b) Hera and Athena.
(c) Hera and Aphrodite.
(d) Apollo and Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poulydamas suggest to Hector?

2. What is Thetis?

3. Where did Hector's wife go to see if she can find him?

4. Who decides the violence should end?

5. What does Hector do when the Trojans are forced to retreat?

Short Essay Questions

1. On his way back to the ships, what demonstrates that Patroclus has a kind heart?

2. Dione gives some advice to Aphrodite in Book 5. What is that advice?

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

4. What are the origins of Achilles' anger?

5. What is the difference between the stance of the gods and the stance of the Trojan and Greek armies in Book 4?

6. At the end of Book 5, the gods withdraw from the fight. Why?

7. What is Thersites speaking about in Book 2?

8. In Book 2, what do the Greek forces do to get help from the gods?

9. Is Paris a weak character? Please support your answer with examples from the book.

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

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