The Iliad Quiz 29 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which goddess encourages Achilles to show himself on the wall of the Greek encampment?

Correct Answer: A) Iris.

2. What first causes Zeus to intervene in the war on behalf of the Trojans?

Correct Answer: A) Achilles' mother, Thetis, pleads with him to avenge her son.

3. Who is Hector's brother?

Correct Answer: A) Paris.

4. The reason the Trojan War started

Correct Answer: B) Aphrodite put a spell on Helen which made her leave her husband for Paris.

5. Who does Diomedes wound on the battlefield?

Correct Answer: C) Aphrodite.

6. How does Achilles die?

Correct Answer: D) An arrow to the heel.

7. Which word best describes Ancient Sparta?

Correct Answer: C) Disciplined.

8. Who does Helen end up with at the end of the Trojan War?

Correct Answer: D) Menelaus.

9. In Book 16, why can Patroclus call out Achilles but Agamemnon can't?

Correct Answer: A) Patroclus and Achilles are best friends.

10. Wife of Zeus

Correct Answer: A) Hera.

11. Walk in an awkward way

Correct Answer: D) Hobbled.

12. Which choice proves to be a major mistake Hector makes in the battle at Troy?

Correct Answer: A) He chooses Dolon as a spy.

13. Which Greek soldier harms the two gods that side with the Trojans?

Correct Answer: B) Diomedes.

14. Predict the future; foretell

Correct Answer: D) Prophesy.

15. Who was Odysseus's wife?

Correct Answer: A) Penelope.

16. Where does the Odyssey take place?

Correct Answer: C) Greece.

17. What are the three main Motifs in the Iliad?

Correct Answer: A) Fire, Armor, Burial.

18. Someone who is showing LAMENT might:

Correct Answer: A) Cry and apologize.

19. What is one theme of the Iliad (specifically book 1)?

Correct Answer: B) Rage.

20. A solemn promise

Correct Answer: C) Oath.