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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zeus send as a sign that he has heard Agamemnon when Hector is on the verge of burning the Greek ships?
(a) An eagle carrying an ox.
(b) An eagle carrying a lamb.
(c) An eagle carrying a deer.
(d) An eagle carrying an olive branch.

2. What promise does Zeus get from Hera?
(a) That she cannot protest if Zeus destroys a city that holds men dear to her.
(b) That she cannot protest if Zeus helps the other side.
(c) That she cannot protest if Zeus assures Helen's safety.
(d) That she cannot protest if Zeus destroys a city where there is a temple to her.

3. Who opposes the speech which encourages the Greeks to fight after Agamemnon tells them to go home?
(a) Nestor.
(b) Phyrous.
(c) Thersites.
(d) Hera.

4. What does Xanthos promise Achilles?
(a) To always stand by his side.
(b) To fight with strength.
(c) To return him to the Greeks.
(d) To keep him safe this time.

5. Where does Achilles watch the battle from?
(a) The city walls.
(b) The back of the army.
(c) His ship.
(d) A hilltop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instructions does Achilles give to his horses?

2. What is the challenge Paris issues to the Greeks on the battlefield?

3. How is Hector inspired in his plan to stop the fighting?

4. Which Greek man's death is foretold by Zeus to Hera?

5. What is the eagle carrying when it appears as a sign as the Trojans are trying to cross the ditch on foot?

(see the answer key)

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