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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is listed in Book 2?
(a) The names of the troops.
(b) The troops and their ships.
(c) The names of the nobles fighting.
(d) The gods and which side they are on.

2. What does Diomedes say to his companions?
(a) That they should back down because the gods are assisting their enemies.
(b) That they should back down because the gods will curse them.
(c) That they should back down because the gods want Helen to go back home.
(d) That they should back down because the gods will make the weather bad for fighting.

3. Agamemnon's offer to Achilles is meant to do what?
(a) Get Achilles to not fight for the Trojans.
(b) Get Achilles to bring the gods onto the side of the Greeks.
(c) Get Achilles to come back and fight for the Greeks.
(d) Get Achilles to forgive Agamemnon.

4. How do Diomedes and Glaukos seal their friendship?
(a) By trading horses.
(b) By trading armor.
(c) By trading swords.
(d) By praying together to the gods.

5. After Zeus and Hera come to an agreement on Mount Olympus, who is sent to stir the men up to battle?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Athena.
(d) Ares.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Zeus, Hera, and Athena arguing about on Mount Olympus after the divine intervention in Paris' duel?

2. Agamemnon is confident that what?

3. What does Paris promise to Hector when Hector finds him after the Trojans retreat to the city?

4. Who calls Agamemnon greedy for profit and shameless?

5. Where did Hector's wife go to see if she can find him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Thersites speaking about in Book 2?

2. At the beginning of Book 1, what are we told the story will be about?

3. What is the state of mind of Agamemnon in Book 4?

4. What is the interpretation of the eagle and the snake that Hector does not like?

5. What does Athena's interference in the truce between the Trojans and the Greeks cause?

6. On his way back to the ships, what demonstrates that Patroclus has a kind heart?

7. In Book 11, what happens while Achilles watches the battle from his ship?

8. In Book 3, what is one emotion that Helen might be feeling, and why?

9. In Book 6, what is an example of the mercilessness of the Greeks?

10. How does Hector shame Paris into fighting the duel?

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