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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. Which god or goddess do the Greek spies make an offering to after returning safely to the Greek camp?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Hera.
(c) Ares.
(d) Athena.

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

3. 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.

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

5. What does lifting the veil from Diomedes' eyes allow him to do?
(a) See the gods whenever he wants.
(b) See the gods during sacrifices.
(c) See the gods when they are helping the enemy.
(d) See the gods on Mount Olympus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Greek man's death is foretold by Zeus to Hera?

2. What does Poulydamas suggest to Hector?

3. After Zeus sends the goddess of Hate down to the Greeks, what does he send Iris to tell Hector?

4. What did the Greeks build without Poseidon's permission?

5. What is the challenge Paris issues to the Greeks on the battlefield?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Book 7, who decides the fighting should end and how do they plan that end?

2. After Achilles tells his sorrows to his mother, what does his mother do?

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

4. How do Diomedes and Glaukos end up friends?

5. What do Hera and Athena promise Zeus, when Zeus notices their preparations for intervention in the war?

6. In Book 2, what do the Greek forces do to get help from the gods?

7. Dione gives some advice to Aphrodite in Book 5. What is that advice?

8. After the Trojans retreat to the city, why does Hector ask for sacrifices to the gods?

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

10. What are the origins of Achilles' anger?

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