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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. Who does Achilles send to get information on the war?
(a) Nestor.
(b) Patroclus.
(c) No one.
(d) Phoenix.
2. Agamemnon's offer to Achilles is meant to do what?
(a) Get Achilles to forgive Agamemnon.
(b) Get Achilles to bring the gods onto the side of the Greeks.
(c) Get Achilles to not fight for the Trojans.
(d) Get Achilles to come back and fight for the Greeks.
3. Which Greek man is chosen to fight Hector after Nestor shames them?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Ajax.
(d) Diomedes.
4. Where has Eurypylos been wounded
(a) Shoulder.
(b) Chest.
(c) Thigh.
(d) Arm.
5. Who does King Priam blame for the war?
(a) The gods.
(b) Helen.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) Paris.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why do the men gather down by their vessels at the end of Book 2?
2. Who decides the violence should end?
3. Where does Hector find Paris after the Trojans are forced to retreat?
4. Which god does Hera ask to help the Greeks when she sees the Greeks are overwhelmed?
5. Why does Andromache not want Hector to go back to the battle?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Odysseus and Diomedes do with the information they gain from the Trojan spy?
2. Why does Zeus want in return for Hera's interfering in the war?
3. Who is the first god to disobey Zeus and what does that god do?
4. What do Hera and Athena promise Zeus, when Zeus notices their preparations for intervention in the war?
5. What are the origins of Achilles' anger?
6. What is Athena's warning to Diomedes in Book 5?
7. Is Paris a weak character? Please support your answer with examples from the book.
8. How does Paris' selfishness manifest itself in Book 7?
9. At the beginning of Book 1, what are we told the story will be about?
10. In Book 11, what happens while Achilles watches the battle from his ship?
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