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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Greeks build without Poseidon's permission?
(a) A fort on the beach.
(b) A fleet of ships.
(c) A wall in the ocean.
(d) A wall on the beach.

2. Why does Andromache not want Hector to go back to the battle?
(a) She wants him to take over for Paris.
(b) She does not want him to kill any more Greeks.
(c) She does not want to live without him.
(d) She does not want to be a widow and her son an orphan.

3. Who does Hector pray to for his son to be a great ruler?
(a) Athena.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Ares.

4. Who kills Adrestos?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Adrestos doesn't die.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Agamemnon.

5. What frightens Hector's son?
(a) The sounds of battle.
(b) The plume on his helmet.
(c) The noise of his armor.
(d) His sword.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to grieve Patroclus' death with Achilles?

2. Where does Hector find Paris after the Trojans are forced to retreat?

3. Where is the eagle injured?

4. What does Athena do to Achilles?

5. What does Achilles tell his mother he is going to do in response to Patroclus' death?

(see the answer key)

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