The Iliad Quiz 11 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who was Achilles

Correct Answer: B) The greatest Greek warrior.

2. The Iliad was composed in the

Correct Answer: B) 8th century B.C.

3. Who makes Achilles' new armor

Correct Answer: B) Hephaestus.

4. What woman is the most important and beautiful person in the story?

Correct Answer: C) Helen.

5. The son of Hector and Andromache.

Correct Answer: D) Astyanax.

6. Achilles still refuses to fight. Patroclus puts on Achilles armor, fights the Trojans and dies. Who kills Patroclus?

Correct Answer: B) Hector.

7. What was Achilles' only weakness?

Correct Answer: C) His heel.

8. The epic hero is often born into

Correct Answer: B) Power.

9. The ..... of the man being evil came true

Correct Answer: A) Prophesy.

10. Comply"So she urged and the swift runner complied at once ..... "

Correct Answer: B) Obey.

11. What is the main topic of The Iliad Book 16?

Correct Answer: A) The death of Patroclus and Achilles' revenge on Hector.

12. Helen of Troy is originally from.

Correct Answer: B) Sparta.

13. What does the narrator suggest about the effects of wars?

Correct Answer: C) They have long-lasting effects.

14. Who is the main character of "The Odyssey?"

Correct Answer: A) Odysseus.

15. Cause continual trouble or distress

Correct Answer: A) Plague (v).

16. How do the Trojans break down the gate in the Greeks' wall?

Correct Answer: A) Hector lifts up a huge boulder and throws it at the gates.

17. When the Cyclops asks Odysseus' name, what does the hero tell him?

Correct Answer: D) He says his name is "Nohbdy.".

18. Why did all the men agree to go fight in the war?

Correct Answer: D) All the above.

19. What does it mean to be impartial?

Correct Answer: C) Unbiased.

20. Who gets to throw their spear first?

Correct Answer: A) Paris.