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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Zeus and Hera come to an agreement on Mount Olympus, who is sent to stir the men up to battle?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Ares.
(c) Athena.
(d) Apollo.

2. Who answers Paris' challenge to the Greeks on the battlefield?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Priam.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Hector.

3. What about Helen angers Aphrodite in Book 3?
(a) That Helen wants Menelaus.
(b) That Helen doesn't want to go to Paris.
(c) That Helen can resist her.
(d) That Helen is unhappy.

4. Who are the two beautiful women that are captured as war prizes?
(a) Charmis and Braeisis.
(b) Atheanna and Kristianna.
(c) Olysis and Banalis.
(d) Chryseis and Briseis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Andromache not want Hector to go back to the battle?

2. What does Pandaros do to Menelaus in order to break the truce between the Greeks and the Trojans?

3. Who does Helen sit next to when watching Paris taking part in the duel on the battlefield?

4. What advice does Zeus let Athena give to the Greeks after she promises not to interfere?

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

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