This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Iliad > The Iliad – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Iliad Quiz 25 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Staves A) Unable to be calmed down. B) A vertical wooden post or plank. C) Meet face to face to argue. D) Make a deceptive move. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A vertical wooden post or plank. 2. Odysseus is the king of ..... A) Greece. B) Troy. C) Corsica. D) Ithaca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ithaca. 3. Leader of the Greek forces A) Ajax. B) Odysseus. C) Agamemnon. D) Menelaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agamemnon. 4. Who reveals that the plague is a punishment of Chryses and Apollo? A) Agamemnon. B) Chryses. C) Achilles. D) Shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shoes. 5. The Prudent old man from Greece who went to war with Agamemnon. A) Odysseus. B) Nestor. C) Diomedes. D) Priam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nestor. 6. Which of these grieving actions does Achilles not perform upon hearing of Patroclus's death? A) Pouring dust over his head. B) Flinging himself down upon the ground. C) Tearing at his hair. D) Making cuts along his legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Making cuts along his legs. 7. Who is Patroclus? A) Achilles cousin. B) Achilles girlfriend. C) Prince of Troy. D) Soothsayer for the Trojans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Achilles cousin. 8. Who won the Golden Apple? A) Helen. B) Hera. C) Aphrodite. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aphrodite. 9. An example of a VALIANT character is: A) An evil character who refuses to face punishment for his crimes. B) A princess who cares only for herself. C) A hero who courageously fights to save the world. D) An animal that has been sacrificed to the gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A hero who courageously fights to save the world. 10. Which god(dess) rescues Paris? A) Athena. B) Aphrodite. C) Zeus. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphrodite. 11. What causes "twelve of [the noblest Trojan] champions [to fall] beneath the wheels of their chariots and [perish] by their own spears" ? A) Achilles yelling out three times. B) Ajax's approach while defending Patroclus's body. C) Thetis unveiling Achilles's new shield. D) Jove (Zeus) blinding them from Mt. Olympus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Achilles yelling out three times. 12. Her appearance down to earth to start the battle again caused confusion among both sides A) Aphrodite. B) Thetis. C) Hera. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Athena. 13. Camilla fell. Mezentius died after his son was killed. Lastly, Aeneas defeated ..... A) Rotation. B) I choose. C) Latin. D) Janus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 14. Hera ..... A) Is on the Greek side. B) Is on the Trojan side. C) Is Neutral. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is on the Greek side. 15. What god did Chryses pray to after King Agamemnon refused to free his daughter from slavery? A) Zeus. B) Apollo. C) Poseidon. D) Hades. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apollo. 16. What is Laocoon's opinion about the wooden horse? A) It is a majestic structure. B) It is a gift to a god or goddess. C) It is an offering for the Greek violation of a temple. D) It is a strange gift and an omen of the end for all. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is a strange gift and an omen of the end for all. 17. To avoid the wrath of the goddesses, I have decided that a mortal man decide who the fairest of them all is. A) Eris. B) Zeus. C) Hermes. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zeus. 18. Hector states that Achilles has a heart of ..... A) Wood. B) Iron. C) Snakes. D) Dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iron. 19. The Trojan War centers around Greek soldiers attacking Troy in order to retrieve ..... ? A) Stolen horses. B) Achilles. C) A lost shield. D) Helen, wife of Menelaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helen, wife of Menelaus. 20. Which goddess supports Paris during the poem? A) Hera. B) Athene. C) Aphrodite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aphrodite. ← 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