This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Iliad > The Iliad – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Iliad Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The last king of Troy A) Hecuba. B) Priam. C) Menelaus. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Priam. 2. The prize of war taken away from Achilles. A) Curses. B) Uses. C) Eris. D) Deiphobus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Curses. 3. How long has the Trojan war been going on? Where are the Greeks located? A) 11 years; Outside of Athens. B) 7 years; Outside of Macedonia. C) 10 years; Outside of Troy. D) 8 years; Outside of Greece. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10 years; Outside of Troy. 4. Who creates a new shield for Achilles? A) Vulcan (Hephaestus). B) Mars (Ares). C) Apollo (Apollo). D) Young (Zeus). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vulcan (Hephaestus). 5. Which choice best describes Achilles mood after Agamemnon takes Briseis from him? A) He is angry and embarrassed. B) He is shocked and dismayed. C) He remains calm and undisturbed. D) He is pleased and obedient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is angry and embarrassed. 6. How long was the Trojan war? A) 10 years. B) 1 year. C) 100 years. D) 10 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10 years. 7. What does Achilles do to get back at Agamemnon? A) Achilles decides to fight and asks the gods to help the enemy (Trojans). B) Achilles refuses to fight and asks the gods to help the enemy (Trojans). C) Achilles refuses to be defeated and asks the gods to help the enemy (Trojans). D) Achilles defends Greece and asks the gods to help the enemy (Trojans). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achilles refuses to fight and asks the gods to help the enemy (Trojans). 8. The prize of war taken away from Agamemnon. A) Curses. B) Uses. C) Eris. D) Deiphobus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uses. 9. What is the source of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles? A) Agamemnon took Briseis from Achilles. B) Agamemnon insulted a priest of Apollo. C) Agamemnon refused to return Chryseis to her father. D) Achilles refused to fight in the battle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agamemnon took Briseis from Achilles. 10. Who is the god that supports the Trojans in the Iliad? A) Zeus. B) Athena. C) Hermes. D) Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apollo. 11. What did Hector do to make Achilles so enraged? A) He sent Helen back to the Greeks. B) He killed Achilles' BFF, Patroclus. C) He took Achilles' war prize. D) He dishonored Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He killed Achilles' BFF, Patroclus. 12. Who threw the Golden Apple? A) Thetis. B) Athena. C) Hera. D) Eris. E) Aphrodite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eris. 13. Why did the goddesses choose Paris to judge the contest between them? A) He grew up on a farm and didn't know who they were. B) He would not be afraid to judge them. C) He wouldn't know how they'd react. D) All of these choices are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these choices are correct. 14. Why were the Greeks and the Trojans at war? A) Because the Greeks wanted the Trojan horse. B) Because Achilles hated the general Agamemnon. C) Because the Trojans took Helen the wife of the king of Sparta. D) Because Zeus wanted the Greeks to destroy Troy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because the Trojans took Helen the wife of the king of Sparta. 15. Why did Eris crash the wedding party? A) She wanted cake and they ate it all. B) She was invited to a different engagement at the same time. C) She wanted to get her golden apple back. D) She was mistakenly left off the guest list. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was mistakenly left off the guest list. 16. How old are the oldest elements in Homeric poetry which can be dated with certainty? A) 100 years. B) 500 years. C) 1000 years. D) 2000 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1000 years. 17. Who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey? A) Shakespeare. B) Homer. C) Troy. D) Virgil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homer. 18. Which of the following is NOT another name for the Greeks? A) Acheans. B) Argives. C) Spartans. D) Trojans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trojans. 19. Meet face to face with argumentative intent A) Fight. B) Comrades. C) Confront. D) Feinted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confront. 20. Heap of combustible material, especially for burning a corpse A) Pyres. B) Plague (v). C) Delegation. D) Vex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pyres. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesThe Iliad Quiz 1The Iliad Quiz 2The Iliad Quiz 3The Iliad Quiz 4The Iliad Quiz 5The Iliad Quiz 7The Iliad Quiz 8The Iliad Quiz 9The Iliad Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books