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

2. Who are the two beautiful women that are captured as war prizes?
(a) Atheanna and Kristianna.
(b) Charmis and Braeisis.
(c) Olysis and Banalis.
(d) Chryseis and Briseis.

3. Who prophesies that the Greeks will win the war against the Trojans in ten years?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Kalchas.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Agamemnon.

4. Who is Ares?
(a) The god of horses.
(b) The god of war.
(c) The god of archers.
(d) The god of the Greeks.

5. What is listed in Book 2?
(a) The troops and their ships.
(b) The gods and which side they are on.
(c) The names of the troops.
(d) The names of the nobles fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Helen entertain King Priam?

2. What warning does Athena give Diomedes after she lifts the veil from his eyes?

3. Why does Hector say he has to fight?

4. Who is urging Paris to return to the battlefield?

5. What is one of Achilles' possible destinies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After the Trojans retreat to the city, why does Hector ask for sacrifices to the gods?

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

4. Who is the first god to disobey Zeus and what does that god do?

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

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

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

8. In Book 7, who decides the fighting should end and how do they plan that end?

9. What is Thersites speaking about in Book 2?

10. In Book 6, what is an example of the mercilessness of the Greeks?

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