The Iliad Quiz 6 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who does Nestor blame for Greek failures?
2. What color are Athena's eyes?
3. Who is the Greek hero noted for his intelligence?
4. How long did it take Odysseus to make it home after the Trojan War?
5. "Great godlike Achilles" is an example of?
6. Achilles' best friend
7. I am Achilles's war booty whom Agamemnon demanded from Achilles.
8. What does Achilles want to do with Hector's body?
9. Which Greek warrior is known for his rage and anger?
10. What was the main cause of the Iliad?
11. How many times does Hector run around the Trojan city walls?
12. What does the saying 'between Scylla and Charybdis' mean?
13. What is felicity?
14. Why does Achilles finally rejoin the war?
15. What is Hector's primary motivation during the battle?
16. Within the theme of love and friendship, which relationship has the most power on the plot of The Iliad?
17. A movable frame on which a coffin or corpse is placed
18. Why is it impossible for Zeus to answer Achilles's prayer that Patroclus return safely?
19. What is this an example of "Begin ..... , when the two first broke and clashed ..... "
20. Part A:Read these lines from BOOK TWO: "But Athena put strength in Odysseus to rally them-calling the captains to help him, corralling the commoners back to assembly." What does the word corralling mean as it is used in this sentence?
21. Why does Agamemnon quarrel with Achilles in the Iliad?
22. To defile is to treat well
23. When Thetis says, "Then, my son, is your end near at hand-for your own death awaits you full soon after that of Hector, " what is it an example of?
24. An epic simile is a long figurative comparison in and epic poem that often continues for a number of lines.
25. Is the wooden horse considered in the Iliad?
26. Which teacher has more kids
27. Who is the King of Troy (Trojan).
28. Why is Eris important to the plot?
29. The mountain where King Priam sent his son.
30. Why does Hector force Paris back into battle?
31. A large group of people
32. (n.)preparation applied externally as a remedy or for soothing
33. Who killed Patroclus?
34. Where were the poems composed?
35. Who killed Hector?
36. At the beginning of Book 15, what was Patroclus doing?
37. What did Ancient Greeks create?
38. To make a profit
39. Give someone something, typically money
40. A living being subject to death
41. "Settling back to Earth, Hera neared where Diomedes and Hector furiously battled ..... Diomedes was soon to fail under the onslaught of the duo." In this passage, the word onslaught means:
42. Being worthy of honor or respect
43. King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon
44. The speed of Achilles is described like
45. The Roman god who guarded the gates which determines war or peace
46. Who got married in The Iliad?
47. What epithet has been used to describe Helen so far?
48. In the Iliad, the mortals listen to the wisdom of people like Calchas, who is a .....
49. The deity Aeneas saw in the underworld, passing final sentences on the souls.
50. Which Greek soldier harms two gods?
51. What do the Trojans find on the beach?
52. Who is the author of the Iliad and Odyssey?
53. Paris had a sister who could tell the future, but
54. What made the Spartan army so successful in war?
55. Who intervenes in the battle between Achilles and Hector
56. Eris, the goddess of discord, brought a golden ..... to the wedding.
57. After Agamemnon decides to return Chryseis to stop the plague upon the Greek camp, what does Agamemnon do to Achilles that makes Achilles angry?
58. Who is the main hero of The Iliad?
59. Greatest Trojan warrior that was killed by Achilles.
60. How did the Trojan War begin?