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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 if Paris is a coward.
(b) They are arguing over the outcome of the duel.
(c) They are agreeing not to interfere.
(d) They are arguing who won the war.

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

3. Why is Zeus awake at night in the beginning of Book 2?
(a) He is planning on how to bring Helen home.
(b) He is planning on how to win the war for the Trojans.
(c) He is planning on how to bring honor to Achilles.
(d) He is planning on how to humiliate Agamemnon.

4. How does Helen entertain King Priam?
(a) She makes fun of the men fighting.
(b) She points out Greek warriors she remembers.
(c) She tells him stories of her life before Paris.
(d) She tells him jokes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Diomedes and Glaukos seal their friendship?

2. What does Zeus send as a sign that he has heard Agamemnon when Hector is on the verge of burning the Greek ships?

3. Where does Achilles watch the battle from?

4. The book opens during what year of the Trojan War?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After Achilles tells his sorrows to his mother, what does his mother do?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How do Diomedes and Glaukos end up friends?

9. What do Hera and Athena promise Zeus, when Zeus notices their preparations for intervention in the war?

10. In the beginning of Book 10, what happens when the Trojan and Greek spies meet?

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