This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Iliad > The Iliad – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Iliad Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Aeneas falters during the battle with Diomedes, and he would have lost if Aphrodite had not come to his aid. In this sentence, falter means: A) To intrude in others' affairs. B) To move with hesitation. C) To inspire horror. D) To show excessive favor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To move with hesitation. 2. How long has the Trojan war been going on? A) 11 years. B) 7 years. C) 10 years. D) 8 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10 years. 3. Who was Agamemnon? A) General of the Greek Army. B) King of Sparta. C) Kidnapper of Hellen. D) Hero who defeats Hector. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) General of the Greek Army. 4. Achilles asks his sea-goddess mother to ask Zeus to turn the tide of the war against the Greeks. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. What does Agamemnon offer to Achilles in an attempt to get him to return to battle? A) His daughter's hand in marriage. B) The return of Briseis and numerous other gifts. C) The throne of Troy after its fall. D) Immortality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The return of Briseis and numerous other gifts. 6. The boy was his ..... and the to countries made a ..... A) Propose, prey. B) Gain, lion's share. C) Comrade, covenant. D) Scepter, sacrifice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comrade, covenant. 7. What was the Presentation about? A) Motifs, Symbols, Themes. B) The long silent nights I spend crying. C) The sad reality we live in. D) The false hope of having a chance at anything succesful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motifs, Symbols, Themes. 8. As the leader of the Greek army, I helped my brother in his efforts to bring his wife back to his arms. A) Hector. B) Achilles. C) Menelaus. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agamemnon. 9. Who has the most votes for receiving Achilles' armor according to Athena? A) Ajax. B) Odysseus. C) Agamemnon. D) Thetis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odysseus. 10. How do the suitors plead for their lives? A) Saying they were just followers of Antinous, the worst of the suitors. B) Admitting they were in the wrong, and trying to buy their way out of the situation with a bribe. C) Genuinely apologizing to both Odysseus and Penelope. D) They accept death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saying they were just followers of Antinous, the worst of the suitors. 11. Helen is ..... A) The most beautiful woman on Mt. Olympus. B) The goddess of love and beauty. C) The most beautiful woman in Sparta and Troy. D) The goddess of wisdom and war strategy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The most beautiful woman in Sparta and Troy. 12. Wife of Priam A) Hecuba. B) Helen. C) Thetis. D) Polyxena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hecuba. 13. How reliable is the tradition embodied in the Homeric poems? A) Highly reliable. B) Moderately reliable. C) Not reliable. D) Unknown. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moderately reliable. 14. After Patroclus offers to fight in Achilles's armor, what does Achilles talk about? A) Achilles talks about his war strategy. B) Achilles talks about his goddess mother. C) Achilles talks about his own honor. D) Achilles tells Patroclus that he hasn't earned the right to wear the armor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Achilles talks about his own honor. 15. What war did Odysseus leave home to fight? A) The Greek war. B) The Trojan war. C) The World war. D) The Athenian war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Trojan war. 16. VANITY means: A) Feelings of excessive pride. B) Showing courage in the face of extreme danger. C) Making very quick judgments about others. D) Asking for donations of money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feelings of excessive pride. 17. What causes Achilles' rage in the Iliad? A) The capture of his city. B) The death of his close friend Patroclus. C) The betrayal of his brother. D) The loss of his armor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The death of his close friend Patroclus. 18. Epilogue A) A section in the middle of the book. B) A section at end of book. C) A section at beginning of the book. D) Movable coffin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A section at end of book. 19. (n.)the decaying flesh of dead animals A) Carrion. B) Camus. C) Mosque. D) Fit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrion. 20. Approximately how long had the Greeks & Trojans been at war? A) 1 year. B) 5 years. C) 10 years. D) 20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10 years. ← 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