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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 are Zeus, Hera, and Athena arguing about on Mount Olympus after the divine intervention in Paris' duel?
(a) They are arguing over the outcome of the duel.
(b) They are agreeing not to interfere.
(c) They are arguing if Paris is a coward.
(d) They are arguing who won the war.

2. What do the Greek spies do with the Trojan spy's information?
(a) Find the Thacrian camp and kill everyone they can
(b) Go back to their camp and do nothing
(c) Find the Thacrian camp and take prisoners to get more information
(d) Go back to their camp and make a plan

3. After Zeus sends the goddess of Hate down to the Greeks, what does he send Iris to tell Hector?
(a) To pull back until Agamemnon asks to talk to Hector.
(b) To pull back until Agamemnon is wounded.
(c) To pull back until Agamemnon is dead.
(d) To pull back until the morning.

4. Why does Agamemnon tell the soldiers that they should give up and go home?
(a) He want. to see who really wants to fight.
(b) He is testing their loyalty.
(c) He is telling them his dream.
(d) He wants them all to go home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which goddess hates Troy?

2. What is listed in Book 2?

3. What does Agamemnon sacrifice to Zeus in Book 2?

4. What objects are sacrificed before the duel in Book 3 between Paris and his competition?

5. Who is the priest that Achilles calls upon to see what must be done to appease Apollo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Nestor blame for the Greek's current state of affairs, and what is his suggestion?

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

4. What are the origins of Achilles' anger?

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

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

7. In Book 2, was Zeus' plan for Agamemnon successful?

8. Where does Achilles sit in sorrow, and what happens as a result?

9. What is Thersites speaking about in Book 2?

10. How do the Trojans successfully attack the wall the Greeks have built?

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