Main Characters
Who stole Helen?
A) Menelaus
B) Priam
C) Paris
C) Paris
In which book does Achilles kill Hector?
A) 20th
B) 21rst
C) 22nd
C) 22nd
Who was the leader of the Trojan army?
A) Briseis
B) Priam
C) Hector
C) Hector
Who was Achilles's mother?
A) Thetis
B) Hecuba
C) Sarpedon
A) Thetis
Who was the king of Mycenae and leader of the Greeks at Troy?
A) Agamemnon
B) Polydorus
C) Thersites
A) Agamemnon
Which year of the Trojan War was the Iliad set in?
A) 2nd
B) 8th
C) 9th
C) 9th
How did Athena trick Hector into facing Achilles?
A) She pretended to be his brother, Deïphobus
B) She tripped him
C) She told him he would win
A) She pretended to be his brother, Deïphobus
Who was the queen of the gods?
A) Juno/Hera
B) Jove/Zeus
C) Saturn/Cronus
A) Juno/Hera
Who was the king of the gods?
A) Mars/Ares
B) Jupiter/Zeus
C) Juno/Hera
B) Jupiter/Zeus
Why did Apollo send the plague among the Greeks?
A) Chryses asked him to because Agamemnon wouldn't give him his daughter back
B) Agamemnon forgot to sacrifice to him
C) Achilles killed his son
A) Chryses asked him to because Agamemnon wouldn't give him his daughter back
Who was Nestor?
A) A very old and respected Greek, who often gives wise council and has good socks
B) A very stupid and ugly Trojan who gets wacked and has crooked teeth
C) A Trojan soldier who is killed by Achilles and has a horse
A) A very old and respected Greek, who often gives wise council and has good socks
Who was the god of the forge and metalworking?
A) Hephaestud
B) Hephaestus
C) Hephaestule
B) Hephaestus
Who was the son of Thetis and the strongest Greek warrior?
A) Patroclus
B) Hector
C) Achilles
C) Achilles
How is the Greek ditch breached in the 12th book?
A) Apollo kicked in the sides
B) Aneas kicked in the sides
C) Scamander kicked in the sides
A) Apollo kicked in the sides
What was the lying dream?
A) A dream Hector's wife, Andromache, has while lying on a couch
B) A dream Thetis gives to Achilles has informing him about his death
C) A dream Zeus gives to Agamemnon telling him to attack Troy
C) A dream Zeus gives to Agamemnon telling him to attack Troy
Who was the grey eyed goddess of wisdom, and, depending on your teacher, war?
A) Juno/Hera
B) Venus/Aphrodite
C) Athene/Athena/Minerva
C) Athene/Athena/Minerva
Who was the son of Tydeus that Athene granted super strength and the ability to tell gods from humans?
A) Pheonix
B) Teucer
C) Diomed
D) Ajax
C) Diomed
Why did Patroclus go into battle wearing Achilles's armor?
A) Patroclus stole the armor and wanted to get away from Achilles
B) Achilles shared his armor with Patroclus
C) Achilles died and left his armor to Patroclus
D) Patroclus convinced Achilles to let him wear his armor to rally the Greeks against the Trojans
D) Patroclus convinced Achilles to let him wear his armor to rally the Greeks against the Trojans
Who was the ugliest of the Greeks, who criticizes Agamemnon and is reprimanded by Odysseus?
A) Thersites
B) Glaucus
C) Calchas
D) Astyanax
A) Thersites
Which gods built the wall of troy?
A) Apollo and Ares
B) Neptune and Zeus
C) Apollo and Zeus
D) Apollo and Poseidon
D) Apollo and Poseidon