This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Iliad > The Iliad – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Iliad Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All of the following are characteristics of an epic poem except? A) It takes the form of a narrative. B) Includes a long journey. C) Focuses on the deeds of a hero. D) Recounts events in chronological order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recounts events in chronological order. 2. Feather A) Plume. B) Prey. C) Gain. D) Take counsel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plume. 3. Agamemnon's war prize was? A) Uses. B) Curses. C) Heroes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uses. 4. Where are the Greeks located during the war? A) Outside the gates of Troy. B) Outside Sparta. C) Outside the walls of Athens. D) All over Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outside the gates of Troy. 5. What is hospitality? A) Welcoming people into your home and caring for them. B) Standards and expectations of society. C) Making sacrifices to the gods. D) Teaching tools. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Welcoming people into your home and caring for them. 6. Who was Menelaus? A) The king of Sparta. B) The general of the Greek army. C) The king of Troy. D) The father of Helen of Troy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The king of Sparta. 7. Who requests that Achilles not enter the war yet? A) Agamemnon. B) Thetis. C) Young (Zeus). D) Minerva (Athena). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thetis. 8. "Red-tape means social formality; that is, the close or excessive observance of forms and routine in the transaction of business." In this sentence, formality means: A) Following a set of rules. B) Money spent to perform work. C) Withdrawal of support or help. D) Resistance to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Following a set of rules. 9. Why did Achilles agree to rejoin the war after his disinterest? A) Because Zeus demanded that he fight again. B) To answer the challenge issued by Hector. C) To avenge the death of his friend Patroclus. D) To show that he was the greatest fighter in the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To avenge the death of his friend Patroclus. 10. Under what condition does Achilles agree to Patroclus's plan? A) That Patroclus come back as soon as he reaches the walls of Troy. B) That Patroclus give back the armor at the end of the battle. C) That Patroclus will stop pestering him about it. D) That Patroclus will reveal to all that he is Patroclus and not the mighty Achiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That Patroclus come back as soon as he reaches the walls of Troy. 11. Who can not watch the fight between Menelaus and Paris A) Andromache. B) Helen. C) Priam. D) Hector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Priam. 12. Why do the people of Troy accept that Trojan Horse gift and bring it into their city? A) They love horse statues. B) They believe it is a gift from the Gods and it needs to be honored. C) They believe that this is a peace offering from the Greeks. D) They believe that it must be burned on the beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They believe it is a gift from the Gods and it needs to be honored. 13. Which of the words below means "excessive pride" ? A) Oracle. B) Adventure. C) Hamartia. D) Hubris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hubris. 14. Which lit device?:a nickname applied to a person to describe their personality or occupation A) Epic hero. B) Epithet. C) Euphemism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epithet. 15. PERSUASIVE means: A) Offensive. B) Revealing. C) Relevant. D) Convincing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convincing. 16. What are two main symbols in the Iliad? A) Fish, Goose. B) Nothing, Everything. C) The Achaean Ships, Shield Of Achilles. D) The U.S. Coat of Arms, the U.S flag. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Achaean Ships, Shield Of Achilles. 17. Who sends the plague onto the Greek army? A) Hermes. B) Apollo. C) Athena. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apollo. 18. What does Agamemnon demand from Achilles in exchange for returning Chryseis? A) His sword. B) His armor. C) Chis prize-Swearing. D) His horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chis prize-Swearing. 19. When were the poems composed? A) 8th century BC. B) 5th century BC. C) 10th century BC. D) 3rd century BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8th century BC. 20. Who leads the Achaeans in driving the Trojans back into temporary retreat? A) Diomedes. B) Hector. C) Zeus. D) Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diomedes. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesThe Iliad Quiz 1The Iliad Quiz 2The Iliad Quiz 4The Iliad Quiz 5The Iliad Quiz 6The Iliad Quiz 7The Iliad Quiz 8The Iliad Quiz 9The Iliad Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books