This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Iliad > The Iliad – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Iliad Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who does Nestor blame for Greek failures? A) Agamemnon. B) Achilles. C) Menelaus. D) Ajax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agamemnon. 2. What color are Athena's eyes? A) Blue. B) Green. C) Grey. D) Brown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grey. 3. Who is the Greek hero noted for his intelligence? A) Achilles. B) Odysseus. C) Ajax. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus. 4. How long did it take Odysseus to make it home after the Trojan War? A) 10 months. B) 10 years. C) 1 year. D) 100 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10 years. 5. "Great godlike Achilles" is an example of? A) Speech. B) Divine Intervention. C) Simile. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epithet. 6. Achilles' best friend A) Agamemnon. B) Menelaus. C) Odysseus. D) Patroclus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patroclus. 7. I am Achilles's war booty whom Agamemnon demanded from Achilles. A) Breezes. B) Curses. C) Brysis. D) Bryseis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curses. 8. What does Achilles want to do with Hector's body? A) Throw in the sea. B) Return to the Trojans. C) Let dogs and birds eat it. D) Burn his body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Let dogs and birds eat it. 9. Which Greek warrior is known for his rage and anger? A) Zeus. B) Hercules. C) Perseus. D) Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achilles. 10. What was the main cause of the Iliad? A) Life. B) Anger. C) Peace. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anger. 11. How many times does Hector run around the Trojan city walls? A) 5. B) 2. C) 6. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 12. What does the saying 'between Scylla and Charybdis' mean? A) Being lost at sea. B) Being in a state of confusion. C) Being in a difficult situation. D) Being stuck between two dangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Being stuck between two dangers. 13. What is felicity? A) Happiness. B) Comfort. C) Security. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Happiness. 14. Why does Achilles finally rejoin the war? A) To avenge Agamemnon's death. B) To avenge Hephaestus's death. C) To avenge Patroklos's death. D) To avenge Apollo's death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To avenge Patroklos's death. 15. What is Hector's primary motivation during the battle? A) To defeat Achilles. B) To win glory. C) To protect his family. D) To prevent the Greeks from taking Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To protect his family. 16. Within the theme of love and friendship, which relationship has the most power on the plot of The Iliad? A) The friendship between Patroclus and Achilles. B) The romantic love between Helen and Paris. C) Paternal love, as seen between Hector and Priam. D) None of these relationships have any power on the progression of the plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paternal love, as seen between Hector and Priam. 17. A movable frame on which a coffin or corpse is placed A) Bier. B) I'd like to send a message by e-mail. C) Boar. D) Coffin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bier. 18. Why is it impossible for Zeus to answer Achilles's prayer that Patroclus return safely? A) Zeus hated Achilles and would never answer his prayers. B) Achilles had already prayed that the Greeks would fail without him. C) Hera forbade it. D) He was busy helping the Trojans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achilles had already prayed that the Greeks would fail without him. 19. What is this an example of "Begin ..... , when the two first broke and clashed ..... " A) In Medias Res. B) Epithet. C) Invocation of the muse. D) Acheans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invocation of the muse. 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? A) A pen for livestock. B) Singing in unison. C) Gathering. D) Setting free. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gathering. 21. Why does Agamemnon quarrel with Achilles in the Iliad? A) Agamemnon takes Achilles' war prize, Briseis. B) Agamemnon accuses Achilles of cowardice. C) Agamemnon challenges Achilles to a duel. D) Agamemnon insults Achilles' honor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agamemnon takes Achilles' war prize, Briseis. 22. To defile is to treat well A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 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? A) Foreshadowing/fate. B) Imagery. C) Metaphor. D) Fortune-telling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing/fate. 24. An epic simile is a long figurative comparison in and epic poem that often continues for a number of lines. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Is the wooden horse considered in the Iliad? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 26. Which teacher has more kids A) Sanborn. B) This is a trick question!. C) Schlinglof. D) Haskenkamp. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is a trick question!. 27. Who is the King of Troy (Trojan). A) Achilles. B) Aeneas. C) Agamemnon. D) Priam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Priam. 28. Why is Eris important to the plot? A) She is the reason Thetis and Peleus are getting married. B) She insulted Athena, which caused Hera and Aphrodite to get mad. C) She is Paris's mother. D) She tossed the apple down that caused Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera to argue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She tossed the apple down that caused Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera to argue. 29. The mountain where King Priam sent his son. A) Mount Xanthus. B) Mount Cynthia. C) Mount Olympus. D) Mount Ida. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mount Ida. 30. Why does Hector force Paris back into battle? A) Paris is one of their best warriors. B) He thinks Paris is a coward. C) To protect his reputation as he was the cause of the battle. D) To encourage the Trojan soldiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To protect his reputation as he was the cause of the battle. 31. A large group of people A) Avenge. B) Truce. C) Skirmish. D) Hordes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hordes. 32. (n.)preparation applied externally as a remedy or for soothing A) Ointment. B) Ungency. C) Ungent. D) Unguinal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ointment. 33. Who killed Patroclus? A) An unknown Trojan soldier. B) Agamemnon. C) Paris. D) Hector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hector. 34. Where were the poems composed? A) Troy. B) Greece. C) Egypt. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greece. 35. Who killed Hector? A) Priam. B) Telemachus. C) Odysseus. D) Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achilles. 36. At the beginning of Book 15, what was Patroclus doing? A) Fighting alongside his fellow Myrmidons. B) Playing his lyre. C) Tending to the wounds of Eurypylus. D) Preparing a meal for Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tending to the wounds of Eurypylus. 37. What did Ancient Greeks create? A) The olympics. B) Sandwiches. C) Buildings. D) Freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The olympics. 38. To make a profit A) Lion's share. B) Scepter. C) Gain. D) Pathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gain. 39. Give someone something, typically money A) Pacify. B) Mortal. C) Delegation. D) Compensated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compensated. 40. A living being subject to death A) Hobbled. B) Compensated. C) Mortal. D) Immortal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mortal. 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: A) An attack against an enemy. B) Intrusion in others' business. C) Courage in the face of danger. D) Constant agitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An attack against an enemy. 42. Being worthy of honor or respect A) Pyres. B) Vex. C) Pacify. D) Dignity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dignity. 43. King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon A) Priam. B) Hector. C) Menelaus. D) Atreus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Menelaus. 44. The speed of Achilles is described like A) A lightning rod. B) A flying monkey. C) A race car. D) A thoroughbred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A thoroughbred. 45. The Roman god who guarded the gates which determines war or peace A) Juno. B) Jupiter. C) Minerva. D) Janus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Janus. 46. Who got married in The Iliad? A) Paris & Helen. B) Peleus & Thetis. C) Zeus and Hera. D) Menelaus and Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peleus & Thetis. 47. What epithet has been used to describe Helen so far? A) Golden-haired. B) Ox-eyed. C) Swift-footed. D) White-armed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) White-armed. 48. In the Iliad, the mortals listen to the wisdom of people like Calchas, who is a ..... A) Seer. B) Sage. C) Priest. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seer. 49. The deity Aeneas saw in the underworld, passing final sentences on the souls. A) Minos. B) Elysia. C) Europa. D) Electos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minos. 50. Which Greek soldier harms two gods? A) Paris. B) Nestor. C) Ajax. D) Diomedes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diomedes. 51. What do the Trojans find on the beach? A) A statue of Athena. B) A giant wooden horse. C) A ship left by the Greeks. D) A message from the gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A giant wooden horse. 52. Who is the author of the Iliad and Odyssey? A) Homer. B) Achilles. C) Paris. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homer. 53. Paris had a sister who could tell the future, but A) She was not believed. B) She was deaf. C) She could not speak. D) She was locked in a tower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was not believed. 54. What made the Spartan army so successful in war? A) The Spartan army was so successful because they trained their soldiers at a very young age. B) The Spartan army was so successful because they were hospitable to their enemies. C) The Spartan army was so successful because they mastered the phalanx formation. D) The Spartan army was so successful because they had very large shields and could knock down their opponents on the battlefield. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Spartan army was so successful because they mastered the phalanx formation. 55. Who intervenes in the battle between Achilles and Hector A) Hera. B) Athena. C) Apollo. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena. 56. Eris, the goddess of discord, brought a golden ..... to the wedding. A) Egg. B) Apple. C) Orange. D) Banana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apple. 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? A) Agamemnon takes the throne from Achilles. B) Agamemnon takes the army from Achilles. C) Agamemnon takes a lady, Briseis, from Achilles. D) Agamemnon takes a sword from Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agamemnon takes a lady, Briseis, from Achilles. 58. Who is the main hero of The Iliad? A) Odysseus. B) Achilles. C) Zeus. D) Hercules. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achilles. 59. Greatest Trojan warrior that was killed by Achilles. A) Hector. B) Agamemnon. C) Patroclus. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hector. 60. How did the Trojan War begin? A) Paris went to Greece and captured Menelaus' wife Helen. B) Agamemnon was jealous of Priam's wealth and power in Troy and vowed to take both from him. C) Menelaus was jealous of Paris's youth and popularity, and wanted to take what meant the most to him:his wife. D) Paris and Menelaus had always hated each other and fought for control of the Mediterranean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paris went to Greece and captured Menelaus' wife Helen. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Iliad Quiz 1The Iliad Quiz 2The Iliad Quiz 3The Iliad Quiz 4The Iliad Quiz 5The Iliad Quiz 7The Iliad Quiz 8The Iliad Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books