Plot Questions
Potluck
Literary Focus
Who am I?
Vocabulary
100

What does Achilles do to Hector's body?

What is drags Hector's body around the city of Troy?

100

Hector's plea to Achilles is to......

What is let his parents have his body?

100

What is the difference between an epic simile and an ordinary simile?

What is an epic simile is longer and more complicated?

100

I am the God of War

What is Ares?

100

A truly _________________hero does not insult his opponents.

What is gallant?

200

How does the goddess Athena appear to Hector?

What is disguised as Hector's favorite brother?

200

Who is Hector?

What is Prince and greatest warrior of the Trojans?

200

In an epic simile, what does Homer compare to the brightest star in the sky?

What is Achilles' gleaming spear?

200

I am the daughter of Zeus.

What is Athena?

200

A dog licking its owner's hand excitedly could be said to be________________.

What is groveling?

300

Why does Achilles do to Hector's body after killing him?

What is drags Hector's body in the dirt behind his chariot?

300

How does Zeus decide that Hector must die?

What is he weighs Hector's and Achilles' fates on a golden scale?

300
"If you go to Troy, you'll never come home. Your glory walks hand in hand with your doom."
What is Thetis (his mother) to Achilles?
300

I am the leader of the Trojans. I am brave and respectful. I fall to Achilles.

What is Hector?

300

A slave lying face down before a king and pleading for mercy could be said to be____________________.

What is fawning?

400

What is happening at the beginning of this selection?

What is Achilles is chasing Hector around the outskirts of Troy?

400

What is Achilles' greatest character flaw that has driven him to this point for years?

What is anger and rage?

400

Which phrase is not a stock epithet?

a.  brilliant Achilles

b.  Peleus's princely son

c.  Hector, breaker of horses

d.  King Priam


What is d.  King Priam?

400

I was killed by Hector and the reason Achilles refused to bury Hector. I was Achilles' best friend.

What is Patroclus?

400

Hector, the great Trogan fighter, was the ____________ of the Greeks.

What is gallant?

500

When Achilles shows the Greeks Hector's body, what do they do?

What is stab the body and laugh?

500

What does Hector promise that he will do with Achilles' body?

What is Achilles's body will not be mutilated?

500

Invocations in epic poems do not contain:

a.  plea for help from the muse

b.  statement of the poem's subject

c.  plea for the audience's attention

d.  statement of the poem's theme

What is c.  plea for the audience's attention?

500

I am part god and mortal. I was dipped in waters as a child for protection over my entire body except for my heel.

What is Achilles?

500

A synonym for Fawning that is also on this Vocabulary list is__________________.

What is groveling?