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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Thetis?
(a) Demi-goddess.
(b) Sea nymph.
(c) Goddess.
(d) Mortal.

2. Who is the priest that Achilles calls upon to see what must be done to appease Apollo?
(a) Chryses.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Aias.
(d) Kalchas.

3. Who demands that the Trojans concede victory to the Greeks and return Helen?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Menelaus
(c) Achilles.
(d) Priam.

4. What gates of Troy will Paris and Apollo be waiting for Achilles at, according to Hector?
(a) The west gates.
(b) The Olympian gates.
(c) The Athenian gates.
(d) The Scaean gates.

5. Who does Poseidon appear to?
(a) The two Ajaxes.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) The Trojans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the mortals end up fighting without the gods?

2. What are Patroclus' horses doing after Patroclus dies while there is a fight over his body?

3. Where has Eurypylos been wounded

4. How many events are there in the funeral games?

5. Poseidon appears to whom in order to inspire him to lead his men onto the battlefield, but stay out of range of arrows so as not to be wounded further?

(see the answer key)

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