This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Iliad > The Iliad – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Iliad Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. What is this an example of "Begin ..... , when the two first broke and clashed ..... " A) Invocation of the muse. B) Epithet. C) In Medias Res. D) Acheans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invocation of the muse. 3. Who is the mother of Achilles? A) Aphrodite. B) Hera. C) Thetis. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thetis. 4. 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) Singing in unison. B) Gathering. C) Setting free. D) A pen for livestock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gathering. 5. 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. 6. To defile is to treat well A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. 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) Metaphor. C) Fortune-telling. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing/fate. 8. 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. 9. Is the wooden horse considered in the Iliad? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 10. Which teacher has more kids A) Sanborn. B) Haskenkamp. C) Schlinglof. D) This is a trick question!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) This is a trick question!. 11. Who is the King of Troy (Trojan). A) Agamemnon. B) Priam. C) Achilles. D) Aeneas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Priam. 12. 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. 13. The mountain where King Priam sent his son. A) Mount Olympus. B) Mount Ida. C) Mount Xanthus. D) Mount Cynthia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mount Ida. 14. Why does Hector force Paris back into battle? A) To protect his reputation as he was the cause of the battle. B) He thinks Paris is a coward. C) To encourage the Trojan soldiers. D) Paris is one of their best warriors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To protect his reputation as he was the cause of the battle. 15. A large group of people A) Avenge. B) Skirmish. C) Hordes. D) Truce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hordes. 16. (n.)preparation applied externally as a remedy or for soothing A) Ungency. B) Ungent. C) Ointment. D) Unguinal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ointment. 17. Who killed Patroclus? A) Paris. B) Agamemnon. C) An unknown Trojan soldier. D) Hector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hector. 18. Where were the poems composed? A) Greece. B) Rome. C) Egypt. D) Troy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greece. 19. Who killed Hector? A) Achilles. B) Priam. C) Telemachus. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Achilles. 20. At the beginning of Book 15, what was Patroclus doing? A) Playing his lyre. B) Tending to the wounds of Eurypylus. C) Preparing a meal for Achilles. D) Fighting alongside his fellow Myrmidons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tending to the wounds of Eurypylus. ← 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