This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Iliad > The Iliad – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Iliad Quiz 30 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which goddess appears to Achilles and prevents a duel between him and Agamemnon? A) Hera. B) Athena. C) Artemis. D) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena. 2. Athena pretends to be Hector's brother during a battle. What is this an example of? A) Cultural Value. B) Fate. C) Divine Intervention. D) Epic Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divine Intervention. 3. In the Iliad, who counsels Zeus to let his son's death happen as it is fated to? A) Achilles. B) Athena. C) Hera. D) Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hera. 4. COVID-19 may long remain a blight on our memories of the year 2020. In this sentence, blight means: A) Disrespect, insolence. B) Curse, plague. C) Attack, offensive. D) Shock, horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curse, plague. 5. Which of the following has Odysseus NOT experienced prior to Book 9 of The Odyssey? A) Sacks a city. B) Almost drowns. C) Receives help from Athena. D) Loses his ship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loses his ship. 6. The feeling that a person is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn A) Mortal. B) Contempt. C) Compensated. D) Siege. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contempt. 7. How long has the war been raging at Troy? A) 1 year. B) 5 years. C) 9 years. D) 20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9 years. 8. Which god(dess) breaks the strap on Paris's helmet? A) Athena. B) Aphrodite. C) Apollo. D) Hermes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphrodite. 9. True or False:women were considered equal in Ancient Greece? A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 10. Who was the first one to see Achilles with his new armour? A) Hector. B) Apollo. C) Peleion. D) Priam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Priam. 11. Where is Herot? A) Denmark. B) Germany. C) Switzerland. D) Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denmark. 12. King who was leader of the Achaean (Greek) forces? A) Patroclus. B) Pericles. C) Priam. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agamemnon. 13. What did Aphrodite do for Paris? A) She made Helen fall in love with him. B) She helped him win a war. C) She helped him find his family. D) She gave him money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She made Helen fall in love with him. 14. Which character best fits the archetype of mentor for the Greeks? A) Nestor. B) Agamemnon. C) Ajax. D) Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nestor. 15. Which character is Achilles' cousin? A) Diomedes. B) Odysseus. C) Patroclus. D) Phoenix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patroclus. 16. Which lit device?:reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art A) Allusion. B) Epic simile. C) Symbol. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 17. How did the Greek finally defeat the Trojan? A) By waiting until the Trojan ran out of food and were starving. B) They did not defeat the Trojan, the Trojan won the war. C) By convincing Zeus to use lightning bolt to knock down the main gate of the city. D) By hiding in a giant wooden horse that the Trojan thought was a gift. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By hiding in a giant wooden horse that the Trojan thought was a gift. 18. President Trump and his cabinet members worked frantically to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. In this sentence, frantically means: A) Fearfully, with fear. B) Enthusiastically, passionately. C) Desperately, excitedly. D) Angrily, vengefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desperately, excitedly. 19. Who was frightened and fled when he saw Achilles? A) Hector. B) Apollo. C) Peleus. D) Priam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hector. 20. What does Athena turn Odysseus into when he returns? A) The beggar. B) A pig. C) A god. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The beggar. ← 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