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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. Where does Achilles watch the battle from?
(a) The back of the army.
(b) His ship.
(c) A hilltop.
(d) The city walls.

2. What does Zeus forbid the other gods to do after he tells them his plan?
(a) From visiting the mortals on either side.
(b) From talking about his plans to the mortals on either side.
(c) From helping the mortals on either side.
(d) From accepting sacrifices from the mortals on either side.

3. Before Pandaros' actions cause more fighting, what are the Greeks and Trojans close to doing?
(a) Ending the war by trading kings.
(b) Creating a truce and returning Helen.
(c) Giving each other gold to create a peace.
(d) Ending the war.

4. What prevents Diomedes from killing Glaukos?
(a) They realize they are relatives.
(b) They realize they are on the same side.
(c) The gods interfere.
(d) Their ancestors were friends.

5. Who calls Agamemnon greedy for profit and shameless?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Aias.
(d) Nestor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Chryseis back home?

2. Who joins forces with the Greeks to even the odds against Ares?

3. Who is Zeus' wife?

4. What about Helen angers Aphrodite in Book 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the origins of Achilles' anger?

2. Who does Nestor blame for the Greek's current state of affairs, and what is his suggestion?

3. In the beginning of Book 10, what happens when the Trojan and Greek spies meet?

4. How are Hector and his wife different from Helen and Paris?

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

6. Why is there a listing of soldiers and ships at the end of Book 2?

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

8. Where does Achilles sit in sorrow, and what happens as a result?

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

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

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