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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen challenge Paris to do?
(a) Fight without the gods' help.
(b) Go back and finish fighting Menelaus.
(c) Go back and fight for her honor.
(d) Fight honorably to keep her.

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

3. What does Patroclus do for the wound of Eurypylos?
(a) Washes it, stops the flow of blood, gives bitter root to ease the pain, and bandages it.
(b) Washes it, gives bitter root to ease the pain, and bandages it.
(c) Washes it, stops the flow of blood, and bandages it.
(d) Washes it, stops the flow of blood, and gives bitter root to ease the pain.

4. How do Diomedes and Glaukos seal their friendship?
(a) By trading armor.
(b) By trading swords.
(c) By praying together to the gods.
(d) By trading horses.

5. Who does Zeus send down to the Greeks to stir up the battle?
(a) Hate.
(b) Ares.
(c) Athena.
(d) Lust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who's withdrawal weakens the Trojan army?

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

3. Why does Hector say he has to fight?

4. What is Helen weaving when she is visited by a divine messenger?

5. Who suggests that Odysseus, Diomedes, and Agamemnon go to the battlefield to be seen and not fight?

(see the answer key)

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