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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Greek spies do with the Trojan spy's information?

2. What frightens Hector's son?

3. Why do the mortals end up fighting without the gods?

4. Who demands that the Trojans concede victory to the Greeks and return Helen?

5. Why does Andromache not want Hector to go back to the battle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Is Paris a weak character? Please support your answer with examples from the book.

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

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

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

8. How do Diomedes and Glaukos end up friends?

9. At the end of Book 5, the gods withdraw from the fight. Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a side, either the Trojans or the Greeks, and state whether they were "good" or "evil" in the war. Support your answer with at least three examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Please pick one of the following options to write about:

1) How pride caused Hector's death.

2) How envy cause the war to being.

3) How greed caused a division in the Greek forces.

Essay Topic 3

How has pride, as the characters in The Iliad have used it, caused tragedies to befall the Greeks and the Trojans? Pick at least two times in the story when a prideful action by a character has caused tragedy, and explain how pride has caused the tragedy. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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