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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book opens during what year of the Trojan War?
(a) The fifth year.
(b) The first year.
(c) The tenth year.
(d) The eleventh year.

2. Why is Zeus awake at night in the beginning of Book 2?
(a) He is planning on how to humiliate Agamemnon.
(b) He is planning on how to win the war for the Trojans.
(c) He is planning on how to bring Helen home.
(d) He is planning on how to bring honor to Achilles.

3. Who joins forces with the Greeks to even the odds against Ares?
(a) Hera and Athena.
(b) Hera and Aphrodite.
(c) Apollo and Athena.
(d) Aphrodite and Apollo.

4. What is listed in Book 2?
(a) The names of the troops.
(b) The gods and which side they are on.
(c) The troops and their ships.
(d) The names of the nobles fighting.

5. What is Diomedes allowed to do to Aphrodite if necessary?
(a) Warn her away.
(b) Talk to her.
(c) Spear her.
(d) Stab her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which god or goddess protects Paris during the challenge that he issued to the Greeks on the battlefield?

2. What god or goddess helps the Trojans in Book 4?

3. Who was the mortal man responsible for the plague against the army?

4. How do Diomedes and Glaukos seal their friendship?

5. Who does Athena disguise herself as?

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