Iliad Quizzes

Iliad Quiz 1

1 Achilles is the son of
Aphrodite and Patroclus

Chryseis and Agamemnon

Thetis and Peleus

Thetis and Zeus
2 In Book 1, Apollo brings plague on the Achaeans because
Agamemnon mistreats a priest of Apollo

Menelaus plunders Apollo's temple

Troy is Apollo's birthplace

Achilles insults Leto's beauty
3 In Book 1, Achilles is stopped from killing Agamemnon by
Zeus

Odysseus

Pallas Athena

Hector
4 Achilles asks Thetis to prevail on Zeus to
grant the Achaeans victory through the deception of the Trojan Horse

protect Patroclus

destroy Troy with an earthquake

make the Achaeans lose as long as Achilles does not fight
5 Three gods have a particularly strong hatred for Troy. Who are they?
Zeus, Aphrodite, and Apollo

Hera, Poseidon, and Artemis

Hera, Poseidon, and Athena

Zeus, Athena, and Apollo
6 The Trojan War was caused by
the fight over who would possess the jewel-studded Trojan horse

Agamemnon's abduction of Chryseis

Paris' abduction of Helen

Troy's monopoly of the spice trade
7 Who is the first Achaean warrior Athena aids in battle?
Hector

Diomedes

Ajax

Meriones
8 Who is Achilles' most beloved companion?
Patroclus

Diomedes

Hector

Nestor
9 Which two Achaeans go on the night raid in Book 10?
Diomedes and Odysseus

Agamemnon and Odysseus

Ajax and Odysseus

Achilles and Patroclus
10 Which of these gods is the most consistent helper of the Trojans?
Apollo

Athena

Artemis

Poseidon
11 When Diomedes and Glaucos realize that their families have a friendly history, the two warriors
realize that Athena is playing a trick on them

pledge friendship and vow never to kill each other

desert their respective armies

curse their fathers and charge into battle
12 In the Iliad, who is the messenger of the gods?
Zephyrus

Andromache

Iris

Athena
13 To hold back the Trojans and protect their ships, the Achaeans
build fortifications in front of the ships

set fire to the plain around Troy

put the ships into the harbor, using Odysseus' new invention, the anchor

set up booby traps outside their beached vessels
14 Who is the greatest Trojan champion?
Hector

Priam

Aeneas

Paris
15 Who is the king of Troy?
Hector

Sarpedon

Priam

Agamemnon
16 Thanks to direct and indirect aid from Athena, which gods are wounded by Diomedes in Book 5?
Ares and Aphrodite

Xanthus and Aphrodite

Ares and Apollo

Zeus and Hera
17 Who is Hector's wife?
Chryseis

Andromache

Briseis

Hecuba
18 Who among the Trojans is destined to survive, to be the king of the Trojans left after the war?
Hector

Helenus

Sarpedon

Aeneas
19 Who is the oldest of the Achaean chieftains?
Agamemnon

Nestor

Diomedes

Achilles
20 In Book 14, Hera makes it possible for Poseidon to help the Achaeans by
stealing Zeus's thunderbolts and giving them to Poseidon

revealing the prophecies of fate to Poseidon

using a love charm to seduce Zeus and enlisting the aid of Sleep to keep his attention off of the war

shackling Zeus with chains made by Hephaestus
21 Homer's attitude toward the interaction between fate and free will could best be described as
a belief that man's destiny is always completely in his own hands

a belief that fate is an illusion

a belief that the gods control everything and men have no agency

a belief in an often paradoxical combination of man's free will, the intervention of the gods, and the dictates of fate
22 In many works of Greek literature, pride
is a cause of ruin but also an inextricable part of greatness

is a horrible sin, the opposite of the important heroic virtue of humility

is always successfully held in check

is the road to success
23 Odysseus is especially beloved by which goddess?
Athena

Aphrodite

Hera

Thetis
24 Patroclus could best be described as
both deranged and wise

both happy and drunk

both fierce and compassionate

both angry and bitter
25 Who is the greatest warrior of the Trojan War?
Patroclus

Achilles

Hector

Ajax

Nestor seems like a minor character in The Iliad, but he actually plays a significant role in the development of the epic’s plot. What are some of the ways in which the aged king propels the action of the story? What effect does he have on the epic as a w

Nestor seems like a minor characterin the iliad but he actually plays a significants role in the development of the epics plot. What are some of the ways in which the aged king propels the action of the story? What affects does he have on the epic...

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