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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hector do when the Trojans are forced to retreat?
(a) Goes into the city and asks the elders and women to sacrifice to the gods.
(b) Goes into the city and gives a speech to the elders and women.
(c) Goes into the city and asks the elders and women to evacuate.
(d) Goes into the city and asks the elders and women to pray to the gods.

2. What does Athena do to Achilles?
(a) Makes him more visible with a cloud of fire over his head.
(b) Makes him more visible with a bright star over his head.
(c) Makes him more visible by shining the sun on him.
(d) Makes him more visible with a shining sun over his head.

3. Where did Hector's wife go to see if she can find him?
(a) The palace.
(b) The town square.
(c) The city walls.
(d) The gardens.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the Trojans finally break through the wall?

2. What prevents Diomedes from killing Glaukos?

3. Where do the Greeks retreat to?

4. Who kills Adrestos?

5. What does Achilles' mother ask him to wait for?

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