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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. Why does Apollo make Achilles chase him all over the plain?
(a) To give the Trojans time to collect their dead.
(b) To give the Trojans time to make their walls stronger.
(c) To give the Trojans time to enter the city.
(d) To give the Trojans time to help their women and children flee.

2. Who comes to grieve Patroclus' death with Achilles?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father .
(d) His friends.

3. What gates of Troy will Paris and Apollo be waiting for Achilles at, according to Hector?
(a) The Athenian gates.
(b) The Scaean gates.
(c) The Olympian gates.
(d) The west gates.

4. Hera injures what god?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Athena.
(d) Apollo.

5. What weapon does Ajax carry?
(a) A long sword.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) A large stone.
(d) A long spear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the fire god?

2. What do the Trojans do to the Greek ships after Hector has had strength breathed into him by a god?

3. After Patroclus is sent to the fighting by Achilles, Achilles asks what of Zeus?

4. What does Hermes do in the night to King Priam while he is in the Greek camp to ransom Hector's body?

5. Patroclus wears what that belongs to Achilles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the goal of Zeus' plan, as he tells it to Hera?

2. What is the difference between the actions of the gods who support the Greeks and the gods who support the Trojans in Book 20?

3. What gift does Achilles' mother bring him before he goes to fight?

4. What are the gods doing in Book 21 while the mortals are fighting a battle?

5. When Hector returns to the fighting after being advised by Poulydamas, what does Ajax say and what sign does Hector dismiss?

6. How is Patroclus killed?

7. What forces Hector to withdraw from the battle?

8. Who blames the gods for the events that have taken place so far in Book 19?

9. Why does Zeus allow the gods back into the battle?

10. Why does Zeus let his attention drift from the battlefield?

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