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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flaw does Odysseus identify in Achilles’ temperament?
(a) Short-sightedness.
(b) A soft heart.
(c) Too quick a temper.
(d) A lack of feeling.

2. How do the Greeks realize that Agamemnon was wrong to take Briseis from Achilles?
(a) Plagues kill their men.
(b) The water in the rivers turns to blood.
(c) The winds cease.
(d) Oracles report evil signs among the entrails of sacrifices.

3. How does Patroclus describe Menelaus relative to his brother Agamemnon?
(a) Slighter.
(b) Sharper.
(c) Softer.
(d) Simpler.

4. How does Achilles say he thinks of the Trojan warriors?
(a) He says that he thinks of them as animals.
(b) He says that he thinks of them as dust.
(c) He says that he does not think of them at all.
(d) He says that he thinks of them as tragic human beings.

5. What is the cause behind the fleet’s inability to sail to Troy?
(a) Zeus’ anger.
(b) Apollo’s anger.
(c) Posiedon’s anger.
(d) Artemis’ anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Achilles taken when he disappears from Phthia?

2. What are Deidameia’s women famous for?

3. How does Agamemnon respond to Chryses’ offering?

4. How does the second duel, between Hector and Ajax, end?

5. How does Achilles placate Deidameia?

(see the answer key)

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