This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > The Iliad > The Iliad – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Iliad Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Friendly group who offers Odysseus's men a sweet treat. A) Libertarians. B) Lotus Eaters. C) White Walkers. D) The Dark Brotherhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lotus Eaters. 2. Where are Telemachus and Odysseus from? A) Ithaca. B) Troy. C) Sparta. D) Piles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ithaca. 3. At the opening of The Iliad, the Trojan Was as been going on for ..... A) Six months. B) Three years. C) Nine years. D) Hasn't yet begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nine years. 4. Which lit device?:teaches and wrong through actions in a story A) People talk. B) Morality tale. C) Epic poem. D) Creation story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morality tale. 5. Which of the following statements best shows Agamemnon's reasoning for taking Briseis from Achilles? A) "But he was in command of the Greek army, and he couldn't allow Achilles to defy him.". B) "It's your fault Let the old priest take his daughter back.". C) "But Agamemnon refused to take the treasure. He treated the old man rudely and sent him away.". D) "Why should I suffer? My men and I deserve some reward for fighting your war." (16). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "But he was in command of the Greek army, and he couldn't allow Achilles to defy him.". 6. Homer's epics had a tremendous influence on later generations of Greek writers. A) True. B) False. C) Somehow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Which god(dess) convinces a Trojan soldier to shoot an arrow? A) Athena. B) Aphrodite. C) Hera. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athena. 8. Epics, in their usual form is in: A) Compilation of short descriptive stories. B) A long narrative prose. C) A long narrative poem. D) Long poetry but in short chunks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compilation of short descriptive stories. 9. This is the sacred bond between a host and a guest in Greek traditions that Paris broke after stealing Helen away from Sparta. A) Xenenoma. B) Xelaena. C) Xenia. D) Xenophobia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Xenia. 10. Who kneels and kisses Achilles' hands as a sign of desperation and pleading? A) Hector. B) Andromache. C) Priam. D) Hecuba. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Priam. 11. What is the main conflict in the Iliad? A) Achilles' whole. B) Greek mythology. C) Trojan War. D) Diomedes and. Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trojan War. 12. Who is the Greek hero that kills Hector in the Iliad? A) Odysseus. B) Menelaus. C) Agamemnon. D) Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achilles. 13. Zeus feels sorry for A) Andromache. B) Hecuba. C) Hector. D) Helen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hector. 14. Whose idea is to build the Trojan Horse? A) Hector. B) Odysseus. C) Achilles. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus. 15. Who did Paris run off with? A) Demeter. B) Hades. C) Helen of Troy. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helen of Troy. 16. What are the three main themes in the Iliad? A) Fire, Water, Grass. B) Glory Or Family, Fate, Mortals, War. C) Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Gonna Let You Down, Never Gonna Round Around. D) Yes, No, Maybe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glory Or Family, Fate, Mortals, War. 17. Which three characters were sent to persuade Achilles to continue to fight in the war? A) NestorAjaxDiomedes. B) OdysseusNestorAjax. C) PhoenixNestorAgamemnon. D) Phoenix Odysseus Ajax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phoenix Odysseus Ajax. 18. The army came to be in great ..... of food and clothes. A) Sacrifice. B) Gain. C) Want. D) Spoiled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Want. 19. Peleus and Thetis A) Intervene when Achilles defiles Hector's body. B) Are the parents of Achilles. C) Protect the Trojans from Athena. D) Are brother and sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are the parents of Achilles. 20. Trojan beauty taken by Agamemnon A) Curses. B) Uses. C) Penthesilea. D) Clytemnestra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uses. 21. The hero of a legend is often ..... A) A human. B) Immortal. C) A god. D) A demigod. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A demigod. 22. Why was Telemachus so determined to find Odysseus? A) Remove the wooers from his father's hall. B) It's his dad. C) They're rude. D) All reasons mentioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All reasons mentioned. 23. Which of the following pairs are demigods? A) Odysseus and Hector. B) Achilles and Helen. C) Paris and Briseis. D) Achilles and Hector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achilles and Helen. 24. Who is the goddess of discord? A) Hera. B) Eris. C) Athena. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eris. 25. She offered Paris wisdom in exchange of the title "The fairest of the goddesses" A) Hera. B) Thetis. C) Athena. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 26. Achilles through the ..... in the sand A) Scepter. B) Propose. C) Comrade. D) Covenant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scepter. 27. Which god's use of fire contains Xanthus, the river? A) Vulcan (Hephaestus). B) Mars (Ares). C) Apollo (Apollo). D) Young (Zeus). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vulcan (Hephaestus). 28. An example of a HULKING person might be: A) A small, timid student who rarely speaks in class. B) A large, bulky football player. C) An angry police officer who yells a lot. D) A well-educated professor who teaches at a college. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A large, bulky football player. 29. What message is written on the golden apple? A) For the most pleasant. B) For the bravest. C) For the wisest. D) For the most beautiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For the most beautiful. 30. How does Aphrodite bribe Paris and persuade him to give her the apple? A) She offers him the most beautiful woman in the world. B) She offers him power and to make him a great ruler. C) She offers to make him a famous warrior that wins all battles. D) She offers to marry him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She offers him the most beautiful woman in the world. 31. Which warrior first defends Patroclus's body? A) Menelaus. B) Hector. C) Agamemnon. D) Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Menelaus. 32. The father of Hector and Paris who mourned the former, urging him not to go to battle A) County Sy. B) Priam. C) King Menelaus. D) Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Menelaus. 33. Who encouraged Pandarus to shoot his arrow and break the truce, in book four? A) Aphrodite. B) Athene. C) Hera. D) Andromache. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athene. 34. Odysseus is the king of ..... A) Greece. B) Corsica. C) Troy. D) Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ithaca. 35. Leader of the Greek forces A) Menelaus. B) Ajax. C) Odysseus. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agamemnon. 36. Who reveals that the plague is a punishment of Chryses and Apollo? A) Agamemnon. B) Chryses. C) Achilles. D) Shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoes. 37. The Prudent old man from Greece who went to war with Agamemnon. A) Odysseus. B) Priam. C) Nestor. D) Diomedes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nestor. 38. Which of these grieving actions does Achilles not perform upon hearing of Patroclus's death? A) Pouring dust over his head. B) Tearing at his hair. C) Making cuts along his legs. D) Flinging himself down upon the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making cuts along his legs. 39. Who is Patroclus? A) Prince of Troy. B) Achilles cousin. C) Achilles girlfriend. D) Soothsayer for the Trojans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achilles cousin. 40. Who won the Golden Apple? A) Aphrodite. B) Helen. C) Hera. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aphrodite. 41. An example of a VALIANT character is: A) A hero who courageously fights to save the world. B) An animal that has been sacrificed to the gods. C) An evil character who refuses to face punishment for his crimes. D) A princess who cares only for herself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hero who courageously fights to save the world. 42. Which god(dess) rescues Paris? A) Hermes. B) Aphrodite. C) Zeus. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphrodite. 43. What causes "twelve of [the noblest Trojan] champions [to fall] beneath the wheels of their chariots and [perish] by their own spears" ? A) Ajax's approach while defending Patroclus's body. B) Thetis unveiling Achilles's new shield. C) Jove (Zeus) blinding them from Mt. Olympus. D) Achilles yelling out three times. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achilles yelling out three times. 44. Her appearance down to earth to start the battle again caused confusion among both sides A) Hera. B) Thetis. C) Athena. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 45. Camilla fell. Mezentius died after his son was killed. Lastly, Aeneas defeated ..... A) Rotation. B) Janus. C) I choose. D) Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 46. What god did Chryses pray to after King Agamemnon refused to free his daughter from slavery? A) Zeus. B) Apollo. C) Hades. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apollo. 47. What is Laocoon's opinion about the wooden horse? A) It is a majestic structure. B) It is a gift to a god or goddess. C) It is an offering for the Greek violation of a temple. D) It is a strange gift and an omen of the end for all. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is a strange gift and an omen of the end for all. 48. To avoid the wrath of the goddesses, I have decided that a mortal man decide who the fairest of them all is. A) Hermes. B) Zeus. C) Eris. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zeus. 49. Hector states that Achilles has a heart of ..... A) Dogs. B) Wood. C) Snakes. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iron. 50. The Trojan War centers around Greek soldiers attacking Troy in order to retrieve ..... ? A) Helen, wife of Menelaus. B) Achilles. C) A lost shield. D) Stolen horses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helen, wife of Menelaus. 51. Which goddess supports Paris during the poem? A) Hera. B) Athene. C) Aphrodite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aphrodite. 52. Inflict harm in return for a wrongdoing A) Avenge. B) Melee. C) Conjure. D) Truce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Avenge. 53. Which lit device?:the substitute of a potentially offensive phrase with a more appropriate one A) Allusion. B) Euphemism. C) Epithet. D) Ideology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 54. Father Heaven; locked his children in a black hole under the earth A) Typhon. B) Chaos. C) Cronus. D) Uranus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uranus. 55. What is another name for a "journey" . A) Quest. B) Feat. C) Epic. D) Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quest. 56. I am considered as the greatest warrior in the Trojan War, being dipped in River Styx to acquire invulnerability from weapons. A) Hector. B) Achilles. C) Priam. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achilles. 57. Agamemnon gives Achilles all of the previously promised gifts. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 58. How does Hector show his bravery? A) He fought Achilles when he knew he would likely lose. B) He fought Menelaus when he knew he would likely lose. C) He saved his brother's life from Menelaus. D) He ran away with his wife and son before he fought Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He fought Achilles when he knew he would likely lose. 59. What is an Achilles heel? A) A hero of the Trojan war. B) An invincibility. C) A weakness. D) A strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A weakness. 60. How long is Odysseus's journey? A) 15 years. B) 25 years. C) 20 years. D) 10 years. 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