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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Greek man's death is foretold by Zeus to Hera?
(a) Patroclus
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Menelaus.

2. Who is Aphrodite's mother?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hera.
(c) Dione.
(d) A mortal.

3. Who speaks to the Greek soldiers to convince them to stay and fight when Agamemnon is telling them to go home?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Nestor.
(d) Hera.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Helen angers Aphrodite in Book 3?

2. Why does Aphrodite flee the battle after she interferes to save her son, Aeneas?

3. Why does Phoenix burst into tears after Achilles' speach?

4. What does Helen challenge Paris to do?

5. Who intervenes to prevent the soldiers from deserting Agamemnon?

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