Iliad Quizzes

Iliad Quiz 1

By Eddie Borey · Last reviewed August 27, 2000

1 Achilles is the son of

Aphrodite and Patroclus

Thetis and Zeus

Thetis and Peleus

Chryseis and Agamemnon
2 In Book 1, Apollo brings plague on the Achaeans because

Troy is Apollo's birthplace

Achilles insults Leto's beauty

Agamemnon mistreats a priest of Apollo

Menelaus plunders Apollo's temple
3 In Book 1, Achilles is stopped from killing Agamemnon by

Zeus

Pallas Athena

Hector

Odysseus
4 Achilles asks Thetis to prevail on Zeus to

protect Patroclus

grant the Achaeans victory through the deception of the Trojan Horse

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, Athena, and Apollo

Hera, Poseidon, and Athena

Zeus, Aphrodite, and Apollo

Hera, Poseidon, and Artemis
6 The Trojan War was caused by

Agamemnon's abduction of Chryseis

the fight over who would possess the jewel-studded Trojan horse

Troy's monopoly of the spice trade

Paris' abduction of Helen
7 Who is the first Achaean warrior Athena aids in battle?

Meriones

Ajax

Hector

Diomedes
8 Who is Achilles' most beloved companion?

Nestor

Hector

Patroclus

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

Agamemnon and Odysseus

Ajax and Odysseus

Diomedes and Odysseus

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

Artemis

Poseidon

Apollo

Athena
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

curse their fathers and charge into battle

desert their respective armies

pledge friendship and vow never to kill each other
12 In the Iliad, who is the messenger of the gods?

Zephyrus

Athena

Andromache

Iris
13 To hold back the Trojans and protect their ships, the Achaeans

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

set fire to the plain around Troy

set up booby traps outside their beached vessels

build fortifications in front of the ships
14 Who is the greatest Trojan champion?

Aeneas

Priam

Hector

Paris
15 Who is the king of Troy?

Hector

Agamemnon

Priam

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

Ares and Aphrodite

Zeus and Hera

Ares and Apollo

Xanthus and Aphrodite
17 Who is Hector's wife?

Briseis

Andromache

Chryseis

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

Sarpedon

Hector

Helenus

Aeneas
19 Who is the oldest of the Achaean chieftains?

Nestor

Achilles

Diomedes

Agamemnon
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 fate is an illusion

a belief that man's destiny is always completely in his own hands

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 always successfully held in check

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

is a cause of ruin but also an inextricable part of greatness

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

Aphrodite

Thetis

Athena

Hera
24 Patroclus could best be described as

both happy and drunk

both fierce and compassionate

both deranged and wise

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

Ajax

Hector

Achilles

Patroclus

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