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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 emotion causes Agamemnon to have a change of heart towards Achilles?

2. Why do the men gather down by their vessels at the end of Book 2?

3. Who does Hector pray to for his son to be a great ruler?

4. Nestor reminds the men that they have not accomplished what goal?

5. Who does Thetis appeal to in order to regain honor to Achilles?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Odysseus and Diomedes do with the information they gain from the Trojan spy?

3. How do the Trojans successfully attack the wall the Greeks have built?

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

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

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

7. What is Athena's warning to Diomedes in Book 5?

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

9. What is Thersites speaking about in Book 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If you had to identify the moral of The Iliad, what would it be and why? Please explain using specific examples of characters and lessons they went through and learned.

Essay Topic 2

What is the importance of dreams and prophecies in The Iliad? Please use at least three examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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