The Iliad Quiz 33 (20 MCQs)

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1. Typhon is described as a grisly monster with a hundred heads, whom Zeus cast down into the underworld. In this sentence, grisly means:

Correct Answer: A) Inspiring horror.

2. Which god(dess) saves Menelaus from being killed?

Correct Answer: D) Athena.

3. Which god did the priest who Agamemnon insulted worship?

Correct Answer: B) Apollo.

4. What did Athene agree to do for Telemachus?

Correct Answer: C) Gather a ship and crew.

5. How does returning Chryseis to her father contribute to the development of the plot?

Correct Answer: B) It establishes the tension between Agamemnon and Achilles.

6. Most Greek men ..... as the most important ideologies.

Correct Answer: A) Glory and honor.

7. What is Achilles' response to the embassy's plea for him to join the battle?

Correct Answer: B) He refuses to join the battle.

8. Who prepares the body of Achilles for the funeral pyre according to the text?

Correct Answer: B) Thetis and a dozen sea sisters.

9. Why did Achilles refuse to fight in the middle of the war?

Correct Answer: B) Because Agememnon took the princess Briseis away.

10. He had a really good reason to be furious at Paris because Paris stole his wife away

Correct Answer: D) Menelaus.

11. At the end of the Cyclops adventure, what does Polyphemus do that has an important impact on future events in the epic?

Correct Answer: C) He begs his father Poseidon to curse Odysseus.

12. Who is called the Breaker of Horses?

Correct Answer: A) Hector.

13. Abstain means .....

Correct Answer: B) To hold oneself back deliberately.

14. Old, fictional stories that are passed down through the oral tradition, and explain the explainable are called

Correct Answer: A) Myth.

15. What did Aphrodite offer Paris if he chose her to win?

Correct Answer: D) She offered him the love of the most beautiful woman.

16. Which goddess came down to encourage the Greeks defending Patroclus's body?

Correct Answer: A) Minerva (Athena).

17. Who saves Paris from dying in the battle?

Correct Answer: C) Aphrodite.

18. Which is NOT a reason Odysseus is an epic hero?

Correct Answer: C) He has a loving family.

19. Why was Odysseus considered the hero of the Trojan War?

Correct Answer: C) Because he came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse.

20. Abrupt and curt in manner

Correct Answer: C) Brusquely.