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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the challenge Paris issues to the Greeks on the battlefield?

2. How do Diomedes and Glaukos seal their friendship?

3. What frightens Hector's son?

4. What does Helen challenge Paris to do?

5. What does Athena do to help the Greek spies after they steal from the Thracian camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Book 11, what happens while Achilles watches the battle from his ship?

2. On his way back to the ships, what demonstrates that Patroclus has a kind heart?

3. In Book 2, what do the Greek forces do to get help from the gods?

4. Who is the first god to disobey Zeus and what does that god do?

5. After the Trojans retreat to the city, why does Hector ask for sacrifices to the gods?

6. Who does Nestor blame for the Greek's current state of affairs, and what is his suggestion?

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

8. What is the interpretation of the eagle and the snake that Hector does not like?

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

10. In Book 3, why is Paris considered a coward?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the tests that characters have issued to other characters in The Iliad? What was the point of these tests? By providing these contrasts, does Homer think that human nature can change, or that it stays the same?

Essay Topic 2

From the story, what was the cause of the war, and what actions of men and gods caused it to go on so long? Please support your answer with at least three examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Please pick one of the following options to write about:

1) How pride caused Hector's death.

2) How envy cause the war to being.

3) How greed caused a division in the Greek forces.

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