This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > The Iliad > The Iliad – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Iliad Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who tells Zeus in response to his suggestion, "Do as you please, but none of the deathless gods will ever praise you" ? A) Hera. B) Apollo. C) Athena. D) Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Athena. 2. Aeneas is destined to rule this Western Country A) Carthage. B) Sicily. C) Rome. D) Hesperia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hesperia. 3. Why did the Trojan War start? A) Because King Priam was jealous of Agamemnon. B) Because Odysseus loved to fight. C) Because Prince Paris stole Helen from Menelaus. D) Because the Greeks insulted the Trojans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because Prince Paris stole Helen from Menelaus. 4. Development of events beyond a person's control A) Vex. B) Siege. C) Fate. D) Pacify. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fate. 5. The home island of Odysseus is Ithaca. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Who are the two Greek heroes that undertake the night raid in Book 10 of The Iliad? A) Achilles and Patroclus. B) Agamemnon and Menelaus. C) Odysseus and Diomedes. D) Ajax and Teucer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odysseus and Diomedes. 7. The Cyclops is the son of ..... A) Zeus. B) Hermes. C) Apollo. D) Poseidon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poseidon. 8. What did Agamemnon do that angered the god, Apollo? A) He stole Menelaus's wife. B) He killed many Trojan warriors and destroyed their civilization. C) He refused to return Chryseis to her father, Apollo's favorite priest. D) He refused to offer sacrifices at holy alters to show gratitude and humility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He refused to return Chryseis to her father, Apollo's favorite priest. 9. Who does Odysseus need to find? A) Helen. B) Hera. C) Zeus. D) Achilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Achilles. 10. Which god protects Priam as he enters the Greek camp? A) Zeus. B) Hermes. C) Hera. D) Athena. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hermes. 11. Achilles slays Hector and refuses to return his body to the Trojans, instead dragging it around the city behind his chariot. Why does Achilles decide to give up the body of Hector? A) Priam offered a huge ransom. B) Priam suggested the gods would cures him for defiling the body. C) Priam reminds Achilles of his own aged father. D) Priam threatens him as he holds a knife to his throat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Priam reminds Achilles of his own aged father. 12. If Poseidon has 2 dolphins and he gave 20 to Zeus, how many horses does he have? A) Yes. B) Goose. C) 89. D) Magenta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 13. The head strong runner Achilles answered him in kind. A) NO CHANGE. B) Head-strong. C) Headstrong. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Headstrong. 14. Why did the Trojan war begin? A) Agamemnon wanted more land. B) King Menelaus wanted to show his brother what a great military man he was. C) Paris, a prince of Troy, kidnapped Helen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paris, a prince of Troy, kidnapped Helen. 15. How does Achilles respond after Briseis is taken? A) He refuses to fight in the war seeks vengeance on the Greeks. B) He slays Agamemnon in a rage. C) He returns Chryseis to her father out of spite. D) He returns to Greece with his men. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He refuses to fight in the war seeks vengeance on the Greeks. 16. In the Iliad, Zeus uses ..... to give the Trojans an advantage in battle. A) Scale. B) Wind. C) An Eagle. D) New Armor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scale. 17. What did Achilles do, when Patroclus asked for his armor? A) He refused to give it to him, and instead he went back to the battlefield. B) He said that would give it to him, only if he would bring Briseis back. C) He gave the armor to Patroclus. D) He agreed to give him only the chariot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He gave the armor to Patroclus. 18. Culturally, how do the Greeks in the Iliad express their grief? A) They punch a wall. B) They sacrifice an animal. C) They shout into a pillow. D) They slap their thighs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They slap their thighs. 19. Contagious bacterial disease A) Vengeance. B) Siege. C) Plague (n). D) Pacify. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plague (n). 20. Who came up with the idea of the Trojan horse? A) Hercules. B) Achilles. C) Odysseus. D) Agamemnon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Odysseus. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books