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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Apollo make Achilles chase him all over the plain?
(a) To give the Trojans time to make their walls stronger.
(b) To give the Trojans time to help their women and children flee.
(c) To give the Trojans time to enter the city.
(d) To give the Trojans time to collect their dead.

2. Who kills Hector?
(a) Athena.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Demedos.
(d) Achilles.

3. Who does Apollo disguise himself as in order to delay Achilles from fighting Hector?
(a) Lycaon, son of Zeus.
(b) Lycaon, son of King Troy.
(c) Lycaon, son of King Agamemnon.
(d) Lycaon, son of King Priam.

4. Who must breathe strength into Hector?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Poseidon.

5. After being advised by Poulydamas to concentrate his forces for more strength, Hector is challenged by which Greek man?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Ajax the Lesser.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Ajax the Greater.

6. How many men does Achilles decide to kill to avenge Patroclus?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

7. What weapon does Ajax carry?
(a) A large stone.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) A long sword.
(d) A long spear.

8. What does Athena do to Achilles?
(a) Makes him more visible with a cloud of fire over his head.
(b) Makes him more visible with a shining sun over his head.
(c) Makes him more visible with a bright star over his head.
(d) Makes him more visible by shining the sun on him.

9. Hera injures what god?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Athena.

10. What does Zeus hope will make Achilles so angry that he will kill Hector?
(a) Hector wounding Patroclus.
(b) Hector killing Patroclus.
(c) Paris wounding Patroclus.
(d) Paris killing Patroclus.

11. What does Hermes do in the night to King Priam while he is in the Greek camp to ransom Hector's body?
(a) Delievers a message from the gods in his dreams.
(b) Wakes him up to prevent his death.
(c) Wakes him up to get him to return home.
(d) Delivers a message from the gods.

12. Who wins the armor of Achilles?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Hector.
(c) Paris.
(d) Agamemnon.

13. Who tells the gods about Zeus' plan?
(a) Helen.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Hera.
(d) Athena.

14. Why does Menelaus think Achilles will not come to fight?
(a) Because Achilles has no armor.
(b) Because Achilles doesn't like Agamemnon.
(c) Because Achilles is in mourning for Patroclus.
(d) Because Achilles swore not to fight.

15. What does Achilles tell his mother he is going to do in response to Patroclus' death?
(a) Avenge Patroclus and kill the Trojans.
(b) Avenge Patroclus and kill Hector.
(c) Enter the fighting to end the war.
(d) Enter the fighting because he should have been there

Short Answer Questions

1. Who alerts the Trojans to King Priam's return?

2. Who is Hera's messenger to Achilles?

3. Who does Nestor meet with in order to discuss what to do now that they were wounded and could not fight?

4. Apollo takes what form on the battlefield?

5. After Agamemnon offers gifts in repentance to Achilles, where does Achilles tell Agamemnon their attention should be?

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