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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Thetis appeal to in order to regain honor to Achilles?
(a) Hera.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Zeus.

2. Who decides the violence should end?
(a) Apollo and Athena.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Apollo and Ares.
(d) Ares and Athena.

3. What frightens Hector's son?
(a) The noise of his armor.
(b) The plume on his helmet.
(c) The sounds of battle.
(d) His sword.

4. How does Helen entertain King Priam?
(a) She tells him jokes.
(b) She makes fun of the men fighting.
(c) She tells him stories of her life before Paris.
(d) She points out Greek warriors she remembers.

5. Who intervenes to prevent the soldiers from deserting Agamemnon?
(a) Athena and Helen.
(b) Athena and Hera.
(c) Athena and Artemis.
(d) Hera and Artemis.

6. Who goes and spies on the Greek camp?
(a) Hector.
(b) Makatos.
(c) Nestor.
(d) Dolon.

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

8. What is stolen from the Thracian camp when the Greek spies find the Thracian camp?
(a) The king's famous horses.
(b) The king's weapons.
(c) The king's jewels.
(d) The king.

9. Where has Eurypylos been wounded
(a) Arm.
(b) Chest.
(c) Thigh.
(d) Shoulder.

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

11. Who is Ares?
(a) The god of archers.
(b) The god of the Greeks.
(c) The god of horses.
(d) The god of war.

12. Who does Hector pray to for his son to be a great ruler?
(a) Ares.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Apollo.

13. What did the Greeks build without Poseidon's permission?
(a) A wall on the beach.
(b) A wall in the ocean.
(c) A fort on the beach.
(d) A fleet of ships.

14. What god or goddess helps the Greeks in Book 4?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hera.
(d) Apollo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Agamemnon greedy for profit and shameless?

2. What does Paris decide to do to end the fighting?

3. What does Poulydamas suggest to Hector?

4. Who is Zeus' wife?

5. Nestor reminds the men that they have not accomplished what goal?

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