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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. Which god or goddess protects Paris during the challenge that he issued to the Greeks on the battlefield?
2. Who is Achilles' mother?
3. Who does Thetis appeal to in order to regain honor to Achilles?
4. What does Athena do to help the Greek spies after they steal from the Thracian camp?
5. What warning does Athena give Diomedes after she lifts the veil from his eyes?
Short Essay Questions
1. After Achilles tells his sorrows to his mother, what does his mother do?
2. What kind of goddess is Aphrodite? Please support your answer with examples.
3. What is Thersites speaking about in Book 2?
4. Why is there a listing of soldiers and ships at the end of Book 2?
5. At the beginning of Book 1, what are we told the story will be about?
6. How do the Trojans successfully attack the wall the Greeks have built?
7. What does Athena's interference in the truce between the Trojans and the Greeks cause?
8. Where does Achilles sit in sorrow, and what happens as a result?
9. How do Diomedes and Glaukos end up friends?
10. How does Paris' selfishness manifest itself in Book 7?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which character do you identify as the main character in The Iliad? Why? Support your answer with at least five examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
In The Iliad, the gods made choices on behalf of the Trojans and the Greeks. How did the fight among the mortals mirror the conflicts of the gods? Please use at least three specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
How has pride, as the characters in The Iliad have used it, caused tragedies to befall the Greeks and the Trojans? Pick at least two times in the story when a prideful action by a character has caused tragedy, and explain how pride has caused the tragedy. Use examples from the book to support your answer.
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