This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Iliad > The Iliad – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Iliad Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the captured women did Agamemnon "give to Achilles" ? A) Curses. B) Uses. C) Helen. D) Penelope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Curses. 2. Who was the son of Odysseus? A) Laertes. B) Polyphemus. C) Tiresias. D) Telemachus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Telemachus. 3. Aphrodite, Apollo, Athena, Hera A) Gods/Goddesses. B) Trojans. C) Greeks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gods/Goddesses. 4. What phrase was traced on the side of the golden fruit? A) To the best. B) Eat me. C) To the fairest. D) To the bride. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To the fairest. 5. A stick used as a symbol of rule A) Gain. B) Scepter. C) Spoiled. D) Sacrifice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scepter. 6. Extra Credit:Aeneas is the son of what Goddess A) Aphrodite. B) Hera. C) Athena. D) Chryses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aphrodite. 7. Pittance" ..... and back I go to my ships, clutching some scrap, some pittance that I love ..... " A) Oar or paddle. B) Supernatural object. C) Great reward. D) Small reward. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Small reward. 8. To whom did Paris award the golden apple? A) Hera. B) Athena. C) Aphrodite. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aphrodite. 9. Who is the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey A) Homer. B) Aesop. C) Sophocles. D) Pericles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Homer. 10. 7) True or False:The Greek gods just observed the Trojan War, but never got directly involved in the fighting. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 11. Epics, aside from its specific kinds of characters and settings, more importantly relates to the: A) Culture where it came from. B) People who like epics. C) Teachers who just happen to require epics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Culture where it came from. 12. "Splendid Hector, keeping his eye upon the point, eluded it by ducking ..... " A) To avoid or escape. B) To quiet; suppress. C) To hold oneself back deliberately. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To avoid or escape. 13. A story told many times that serves to explain something about the world or a historical event A) Epic. B) Myth. C) Invocation. D) Rhapsode. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myth. 14. Why does Achilles reject Agamemnon's offer at peace and refuse to return to the battle? A) His hubris (pride) will not allow him to forgive Agamemnon. B) He feels the war is already lost. C) He is terrified of facing Hector in battle. D) He has already made plans to sail home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His hubris (pride) will not allow him to forgive Agamemnon. 15. Aeneas met 'him' in order to know how he would found his new home in (now) Italy A) I choose. B) Astynax. C) Anchises. D) Ares. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anchises. 16. What literary genre is Iliad? A) Novel. B) Short story. C) Ballad. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epic. 17. Whose idea was the Trojan Horse? A) Menelaus. B) Paris. C) Zeus. D) Odysseus (Ulysses). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odysseus (Ulysses). 18. Patroclus was the best friend of which Greek hero? A) Odysseus. B) Menelaus. C) Agamemnon. D) Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achilles. 19. King of Troy A) Peleus. B) Agamemnon. C) Priam. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Priam. 20. Which household did Phoenix reside in for a while, contributing to his involvement in Achilles' childhood? A) House of Tydeus. B) House of Peleus. C) House of Atreus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) House of Peleus. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesThe Iliad Quiz 1The Iliad Quiz 2The Iliad Quiz 3The Iliad Quiz 4The Iliad Quiz 5The Iliad Quiz 6The Iliad Quiz 7The Iliad Quiz 8The Iliad Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books