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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 Poseidon disguise himself as when he appears to the Greeks after Zeus has taken his eyes off the battlefield?
(a) Kalchas.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Agamemnon.

2. Who suggests that Odysseus, Diomedes, and Agamemnon go to the battlefield to be seen and not fight?
(a) Diomedes.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Nestor .

3. Ajax wounds Hector with what?
(a) A spear.
(b) An arrow.
(c) A large stone.
(d) A sword.

4. What do Athena and Poseidon urge Achilles to do after he has angered the river god?
(a) Focus on saving the Greek forces.
(b) Focus on preventing more Greek ships from dying.
(c) Focus on the war.
(d) Focus on pushing the battle to Troy.

5. Who tells the gods about Zeus' plan?
(a) Athena.
(b) Helen.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Hera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patroclus leaves Eurypylos to go to whom?

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

3. Achilles kills so many men in the river, that he angers what god?

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

5. How many events are there in the funeral games?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thetis tell Achilles when she is sent with a message from the gods?

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

3. What does Hector tell Achilles with his last words?

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

5. How is Patroclus killed?

6. After Patroclus' death, what does Zeus do when he sees Patroclus' horses mourning?

7. What forces Hector to withdraw from the battle?

8. What activities follow the burial of Patroclus?

9. What god does Achilles make angry in Book 21, and what does the god do in retaliation?

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

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