Books I-X Test Review

Question 1

According to Achilles, what is the paradox of Agamemnon’s actions?

Answer 1

Agamemnon undertook the war to save Helen, and he then took Briseis from Achilles.

Question 2

Achilles brings his mother up from the depth of the sea by ___. He asks her to get Zeus to aid the ___ as a punishment on ___.

Answer 2

weeping; Trojans; Agamemnon

Question 3

Achilles’ grandfather; his father, Zeus, made men of ants for him (Myrmidons)

Answer 3

Aeacus

Question 4

Agamemnon responds to Calchas and Achilles that he will ___ when the Greeks find ___.

Answer 4

release Chrysis; another girl for him

Question 5

another name for the river Scamander

Answer 5

Xanthus

Question 6

Athene seeks out ___ to accomplish her mission of breaking the truce by inciting him to shoot an arrow at ___.

Answer 6

Pandarus; Menelaus

Question 7

Before divulging any information, Calcas seeks the protection of ___. He says that the pestilence has come because ___.

Answer 7

Achilles; Apollo is angry because Agamemnon has taken the daughter of his priest

Question 8

brother of Peleus from Salamis; father of Ajax the Great

Answer 8

Telamon

Question 9

daughter of Chryses; prize of Agamemnon

Answer 9

Chryseis

Question 10

Describe Hera’s personality.

Answer 10

afraid of her husband, stubborn, eager to scold her husband

Question 11

Describe three elements of Nestor’s military strategy, and explain why it would be effective.

Answer 11

1. ) Put chariots in front and tell tehm to stay together.
2. ) Put brave foot soldiers at the rear.
3. ) Put cowards in the middle so they can’t flee the battle.

Question 12

Diomed kills the Trojan spy so that ___

Answer 12

he can’t spy on/fight the Greeks.

Question 13

Dione assuages Aphrodites pain by telling her that other gods have been injured by mortals. Which gods were they?

Answer 13

Ares, Hera, Hades

Question 14

elderly counselor to Priam and the Trojans who is called a cicada

Answer 14

Antenor

Question 15

Explain what happens in the battle between Glaucus and Diomed. Who dies?

Answer 15

They learn their grandfathers’ friendship and refuse to fight. They exchange armor, and Diomed upgrades from the bronze to gold. No one dies.

Question 16

father of Aeneas by Aphrodite

Answer 16

Anchises

Question 17

grandson of Bellerophon; the cousin and squire of Sarpedon

Answer 17

Glaucus

Question 18

Greek physician from Thessaly; son of the famous healer, Asclepius

Answer 18

Machaon

Question 19

Hector does not fear death. He does fear for ___. What does Andromache do when Hector leaves?

Answer 19

Andromache; She mourns Hector as if he were dead.

Question 20

Helen wants ___ to win the duel. Her heart yearns after ___.

Answer 20

Menelaus; her former husband, her city, her parents

Question 21

Homer says that Achilles will rejoin the battle when ___.

Answer 21

Patroclus is dead

Question 22

“If I ever I get home again to set my eyes on my native place, my wife, and the greatness of my house, may someone cut my head off then and there if I do not break ___ and set it on a hot fire — such pranks as it plays me.”

___ said this to ___.

Answer 22

Pandarus; Aeneas

Question 23

“If I stay here and fight, I shall not return alive but my name will live forever; whereas if I go home my name will die, but it will be long ere death shall take me.”

___ said this to ___.

Answer 23

Achilles; the embassy/Phoenix

Question 24

“If we ransom you or let you go, you will come some second time to the ships of hte Achaeans either as a spy or as an open enemy, but if I kill you and make an end of you, you will give no more trouble.”

___ said this to ___.

Answer 24

Diomed; Dolon

Question 25

In the duel between Hector and Ajax, ___ wins.

Answer 25

no one

Question 26

Ithacan and faithful servant of Odysseus; herald of the Greeks

Answer 26

Eurybates

Question 27

king of the myrmidons; father of Achilles

Answer 27

Peleus

Question 28

king of the Thracians

Answer 28

Rhesus

Question 29

lowest abyss under the earth -- a place of punishment and torment

Answer 29

Tartarus

Question 30

main gates of Troy from which-non combatants observe the battles

Answer 30

Scaean Gates

Question 31

"Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Zeus fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles first fell out with one another." ___ made this appeal to ___. What is the "it" that the speaker is referring to?

Answer 31

Homer; the Muse; the anger of Achilles

Question 32

Nestor commands so much respect amongst the Greeks because he is ___.

Answer 32

wise, a good speaker, and much older

Question 33

Next to Achilles, ___ is the greatest footsoldier of the Greeks.

Answer 33

Ajax soon of Telamon

Question 34

nickname of Hector's son, Scamandrius, which means king of the city"

Answer 34

Astynax

Question 35

older friend and squire of Achilles; son of Menoetius

Answer 35

Patroclus

Question 36

priest of Apollo who asks Agamemnon to give his daughter back

Answer 36

Chryses

Question 37

prize of Achilles; daughter of Briseus

Answer 37

Briseis

Question 38

son of Eumedes; scout of the Trojans

Answer 38

Dolon

Question 39

son of Lycaon; a famous Trojan archer

Answer 39

Pandaurs

Question 40

son of Nestor, leading fighter from Pylos and friend of Achilles.

Answer 40

Antiolochus

Question 41

son of Priam; augur of the Trojans

Answer 41

Helenus

Question 42

son of Zeus and Electra; ancestor of the Dardanians and Trojans

Answer 42

Dardanus

Question 43

surrogate father to Achilles who was cursed to have no children

Answer 43

Phoenix

Question 44

The Trojan spy offers what to the Greek spies?

Answer 44

a ransom for his life; to say Hector held conference t the monument of llus; to describe the Trojan camp in detail

Question 45

Trojans and Greeks lay down their arms as Paris and Menelaus duel for ___.

Answer 45

Helen and her wealth

Question 46

ugliest of the Greeks and an endless talker; beaten by Odysseus

Answer 46

Thersites

Question 47

venerable leader of the Pylians and the oldest and wisest Greek chieftain

Answer 47

Nestor

Question 48

What characteristic battle formation is used for both Greeks and Trojans?

Answer 48

phalanx

Question 49

What do the women of Troy offer to Athene? What are their conditions?

Answer 49

They offer an embroidered robe and the sacrifice of twelve heifers if Athene will have pity on Troy.

Question 50

What happens during the duel between Paris and Menelaus?

Answer 50

Paris hits the shield of Menelaus. Menelaus' spear pierces Paris' shield. Menelaus shatters his sword on Paris' helmet. Menelaus drags Paris by his helmet.

Question 51

What is Achilles doing when the embassy arrives to persuade him to rejoin the fight?

Answer 51

playing the lyre and signing

Question 52

What is Teucer's strength in battle?

Answer 52

archery

Question 53

What outcome to the Trojan War does Zeus prefer?

Answer 53

Zeus would prefer Menelaus to get Helen back and for Troy to be left in peace.

Question 54

When does Achilles say that he will return to the fight?

Answer 54

when Hector burns his ships

Question 55

When the Greeks and Trojans first march into battle in the Iliad, ___ immediately jumps in front to challenge any enemy soldier to a duel. ___ accepts.

Answer 55

Paris; Menelaus

Question 56

When ___ tells Helen to join Paris back in their room, Helen is ___ and tells her to ___.

Answer 56

Aphrodite; furious; go to Paris by herself and be his wife and slave

Question 57

Which Greek attacks three of the gods in one day? List all three gods and their injuries.

Answer 57

Diomede; 1. ) Aphrodite: wrist 2. ) Apollo: narrow miss 3. ) Ares: stomach

Question 58

Which Greek does Agamemnon send for to attend to the wound of Menelaus?

Answer 58

Machaon

Question 59

Whom does Hector call a "girl and coward"?.

Answer 59

Diomed

Question 60

Whom does Helenus hold up as the mightiest of the Greeks?

Answer 60

Diomed

Question 61

Why does Ajax son of Telemon join in the duel against Hector?

Answer 61

His lot was drawn.

Question 62

"With what heart can any of the Achaeans do your bidding?" | ___ asked this of ___.

Answer 62

Achilles; Agamemnon

Question 63

"Young men's minds are as light as air, but when an old man comes he looks before and after, deeming that which shall be fairest upon both sides." ___ said this.

Answer 63

Menalaus

Question 64

Zeus sends a ___ dream to Agamemnon. Zeus wants to honor ___.

Answer 64

lying; Achilles

Question 65

"[Odysseus] never did the Argives a better turn than when he stopped this fellow's mouth from prating further." ___ said this about ___.

Answer 65

Greeks; Thersites

Question 66

___ intervenes to keep the Greeks from returning home. She chooses ___ to bid the Greeks remain to fight against Troy.

Answer 66

Athene; Odysseus

Question 67

___ is angry with the Greeks for building the wall around their ships. Why?

Answer 67

Poseidon; The Greeks didn't honor the gods, and their wall will have more fame than his.

Question 68

___ is dazed by the injury that Diomed inflicts in her ___. Her mother, ___, tells her that other gods have suffered because of humans.

Answer 68

Aphrodite, wrist, Dione

Question 69

___ is the first Greek to volunteer to spy on the Trojans, and he chooses ___ to go with him. ___ volunteers to spy on the Greeks.

Answer 69

Diomed; Odysseus; Dolon

Question 70

___ is the first to tell Agamemnon that he was wrong for taking Briseis. What is Agamemnon's response?

Answer 70

Nestor; He admits his folly and offers amends.