The Iliad Quiz 21 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who says this line "Shamelessness-you are always shred with greed!" to Agamemnon?

Correct Answer: D) Achilles.

2. Goddess of wisdom

Correct Answer: C) Athena.

3. Do they really know what happened about the War?

Correct Answer: A) No, because it's a myth.

4. Expressions like "the swift runner Achilles, " "blazing-eyed Athena, " and "Hector breaker of horses" are examples of

Correct Answer: D) Homeric epithets.

5. Who is the strongest God on Mount Olympus?

Correct Answer: D) Zeus.

6. What is the MAIN conflict in BOOK ONE?

Correct Answer: A) King Agamemnon refuses to return Chryseis to her father.

7. "White armed Hera" is an example of .....

Correct Answer: C) Epithet.

8. What does Ajax do in his rage after leaving his tent?

Correct Answer: B) He slaughters the livestock used to feed his fellow soldiers.

9. The king held his ..... tight as the armies fought.

Correct Answer: B) Scepter.

10. Why do you think Paris chose the goddess, Aphrodite, to have the golden apple?

Correct Answer: A) She promised him a wife as fair as she was.

11. What happened to the city of Troy after the Greek soldiers emerged from the horse?

Correct Answer: B) The city was burned and destroyed by the Greek soldiers.

12. Who killed Hector and how does Achilles die?

Correct Answer: A) Achilles; Arrow through his heel.

13. What does Agamemnon desire from the Queen of Troy in Scene 11?

Correct Answer: C) He wants her daughter Cassandra.

14. Who mediates between Achilles and Agamemnon in Book 1

Correct Answer: C) Nestor.

15. Who is Agamemnon?

Correct Answer: C) The most powerful of the Achaeans and Menelaus's brother.

16. When Machaon is injured and Nestor removes him from the battlefield, who does Achilles send to check on him?

Correct Answer: A) Patroclus.

17. Which lit device?:a story that explains how the world began

Correct Answer: C) Creation story.

18. All of the following wanted the Golden Apple EXCEPT who?

Correct Answer: B) Helen.

19. Which of these is NOT a Greek cultural value?

Correct Answer: C) Punctuality.

20. How long is he on his journey?

Correct Answer: C) 20 years.