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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) His ship.
(c) A hilltop.
(d) The back of the army.

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

3. Who decides the violence should end?
(a) Apollo and Ares.
(b) Ares and Athena.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo and Athena.

4. Agamemnon's offer to Achilles is meant to do what?
(a) Get Achilles to come back and fight for the Greeks.
(b) Get Achilles to not fight for the Trojans.
(c) Get Achilles to forgive Agamemnon.
(d) Get Achilles to bring the gods onto the side of the Greeks.

5. How is Hector inspired in his plan to stop the fighting?
(a) Zeus sent it to him in a dream.
(b) Hector prayed about it and was told this was his answer.
(c) Helenos told him of the gods' plan because he overheard the gods.
(d) Helenos told him of the gods' plan as a prophecy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the mortal man responsible for the plague against the army?

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

4. What does Zeus forbid the other gods to do after he tells them his plan?

5. In Achilles' absence, who is the Greek's best warrior?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Athena's warning to Diomedes in Book 5?

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

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

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

7. Why does Zeus want in return for Hera's interfering in the war?

8. At the beginning of Book 1, what are we told the story will be about?

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

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

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