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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 does Pandaros do to Menelaus in order to break the truce between the Greeks and the Trojans?

2. What did the Greeks build without Poseidon's permission?

3. What is listed in Book 2?

4. What god or goddess helps the Trojans in Book 4?

5. Who is Zeus' wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Paris' selfishness manifest itself in Book 7?

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

4. What is Thersites speaking about in Book 2?

5. What does Athena's interference in the truce between the Trojans and the Greeks cause?

6. How are Hector and his wife different from Helen and Paris?

7. How do Diomedes and Glaukos end up friends?

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

9. What is the difference between the stance of the gods and the stance of the Trojan and Greek armies in Book 4?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the beginning of The Iliad, Homer tells us that the story is about the anger of Achilles. What is one part of the story that do not involve Achilles, but is a result of his anger? Why is this part important if the story is about the anger of Achilles?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Please discuss whether you think the following gods were good or evil: Zeus, Hera, Apollo, and Athena. Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

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