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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Helen weaving when she is visited by a divine messenger?
(a) A red wall hanging with scenes from the war.
(b) A red robe with scenes from the war.
(c) A blue robe with scenes from the war.
(d) A blue wall hanging with scenes from the war.

2. What will Pandaros get if he follows the advice of Athena and causes more fighting?
(a) Great honor.
(b) A place among the gods.
(c) Great glory.
(d) A place among the kings and princes.

3. Nestor reminds the men that they have not accomplished what goal?
(a) Reclaiming Helen.
(b) Conquering Troy.
(c) Siezing the treasures of Troy.
(d) Bringing glory to their king.

4. What warning does Athena give Diomedes after she lifts the veil from his eyes?
(a) Not to do battle with the immortals.
(b) Not to talk to the gods.
(c) Not to anger the gods.
(d) Not to interfere with the gods.

5. What does Paris decide to do to end the fighting?
(a) To give the Greeks gifts.
(b) To return all the possessions he took from the Greeks, including Helen.
(c) To give Helen back to the Greeks.
(d) To return all the possessions he took from the Greeks, along with some gifts.

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

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

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

9. What does Zeus send as a sign that he has heard Agamemnon when Hector is on the verge of burning the Greek ships?
(a) An eagle carrying a lamb.
(b) An eagle carrying an olive branch.
(c) An eagle carrying an ox.
(d) An eagle carrying a deer.

10. Who is the wise leader from Pylos who tries to stop Achilles and Agamemnon from arguing?
(a) Nestor.
(b) Darius.
(c) Pylosies.
(d) Nathan.

11. Who is Achilles' mother?
(a) Helen.
(b) Hera.
(c) Thallia.
(d) Thetis.

12. What does Helen challenge Paris to do?
(a) Go back and fight for her honor.
(b) Fight without the gods' help.
(c) Fight honorably to keep her.
(d) Go back and finish fighting Menelaus.

13. What does Poulydamas suggest to Hector?
(a) That the men climb on their horses' backs to cross the ditch.
(b) That the men get off their horses to cross the ditch.
(c) That the men don't cross the ditch.
(d) That the men build a bridge to cross the ditch.

14. Why do the men gather down by their vessels at the end of Book 2?
(a) To stir up the war god.
(b) To get ready to fight.
(c) To prove their loyalty.
(d) To go home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The book opens during what year of the Trojan War?

2. Who is Aphrodite's mother?

3. Who prophesies that the Greeks will win the war against the Trojans in ten years?

4. What is Diomedes allowed to do to Aphrodite if necessary?

5. What does Diomedes say to his companions?

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