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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zeus suggest to Agamemnon in a dream in order to trick him?
(a) That the Greeks will rescue Helen in the next battle.
(b) That the Greeks will gain lots of treaures from Troy.
(c) That the Greeks will be victorious over the Trojans in the next batttle.
(d) That the Greeks will beat the Trojans in the war.

2. What is the challenge Paris issues to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) For any Greek warrior to steal Helen from him.
(b) For any Greek warrior to fight him in man-to-man combat.
(c) For any Greek warrior to kill him with an arrow.
(d) For the Greeks to reclaim Helen.

3. Why does Hector chastise Paris when he finds Paris with the troops and not preparing to meet his challenger from the Greek army?
(a) For being a coward for not standing up and accepting his challenge.
(b) For stealing another man's wife.
(c) For bringing the Trojans to war and being a coward.
(d) For bringing the Trojans to the point of war and his selfishness for stealing another man's wife.

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

5. Who accompanies Chryseis back home?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Talthybios.
(c) Aias.
(d) Odysseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Thetis appeal to in order to regain honor to Achilles?

2. Who is the priest that Achilles calls upon to see what must be done to appease Apollo?

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

4. How does Helen entertain King Priam?

5. What objects are sacrificed before the duel in Book 3 between Paris and his competition?

(see the answer key)

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