The Iliad, Books VIII-XI

The Iliad
Books VIII-XI

Book VIII: Tide of Battle

Zeus chooses a side

Multiple Choice

Which side does Zeus favor during Book VIII?

• Zeus remains neutral.

• Zeus favors the Achaeans.
• Zeus favors the Trojans.
• Zeus supports the Greeks.

Multiple Choice

Diomedes rescues Nestor. How many times does he attempt to turn back and face Hector?

• 2
• 1
• 3
• 4

• Hector and the Trojans chase the Greeks back to their ships.

• Agamemnon asks Zeus for a sign.

• Zeus sends an eagle carrying a fawn to indicate he will not slaughter all the Greeks.

Book VIII: Agamemnon rallies the Greeks

• Teucer kills many Trojans with his bow until Hector breaks his collarbone.

• ​Zeus helps the Trojans keep the Greeks pinned; Hera and Athena try to help, but are chastised by Zeus.

• Nightfall pauses the battle.

Book VIII: The Greeks are pinned

Book IX: Desperation

Arguments among the Greeks

Multiple Choice

Which Greek soldier loses faith in the battle and wants to abandon the cause?

• Agamemnon
• Odysseus
• Hector
• Achilles

• Teucer chastises Agamemnon for wanting to flee the war.

• He tells Agamemnon that he can leave, but the others will stay.

Teucer doubts Agamemnon

• Nestor tells Agamemnon to apologize to Achilles and offer him reparations.

• Agamemnon agrees.

Nestor offers wisdom

Multiple Select

Along with Achilles's father-figure and mentor, Phoenix, which TWO soldiers were sent to approach Achilles?

• Odysseus

• Nestor

• Ajax

• Agamemnon

• Menelaus

• Achilles refuses to accept the apology and gifts.

• He says his mother told him he had two paths: 1) stay and fight at Troy, die, and be remembered forever; 2) return home, live a long life, but be forgotten.​

The Future of Achilles

Multiple Choice

With what answer from Achilles do Odysseus and Ajax return to the Greeks?

• Achilles advises them to retreat from battle.
• Achilles suggests they seek peace instead of fighting and tells them that he will never reenter the fight.

• Achilles speaks about the importance of wealth and power and says he will only fight if he is given more money.

• Achilles refuses to forgive Agamemnon and says he will only fight if Hector sets his ship on fire.

Book X: Under Cover of Darkness

The Greeks spy on the Trojans

Multiple Choice

Which two Greek soldiers volunteer to sneak out and spy on the Trojans?

• Achilles and Hector
• Odysseus and Diomedes
• Agamemnon and Patroclus
• Theseus and Odysseus

• Diomedes and Menelaus

• The two men return after spying on the Trojans.

• They come back with Tracian horses (sigma) after killing a dozen people.

The return of Diomedes & Odysseus

Book XI: Strife

The battle rages on

Multiple Choice

Which god(dess) delivers a message to Hector that he should not enter the battlefield until Agamemnon is taken away?

• Iris
• Hermes
• Apollo
• Athena

• Agamemnon kills many Trojans before he is injured.​

• Hector kills many Greeks when he enters the battlefield.

• Paris shoots Diomedes in the foot, but it doesn't seriously injure him.​

Death walking

• Odysseus is injured (but Athena stops him from dying), and Menelaus carries him off the field.

• Ajax ​slowly retreats, and the Greeks wait behind their wall.

The Greeks retreat

Multiple Choice

Who does Achilles send to check on an injured Greek soldiers?

• Hector
• Odysseus
• Agamemnon
• Patroclus

• Patroclus visits the injured tent.

• Nestor and Machaon tell Patroclus they don't understand why Achilles refuses to fight.

• Machaon makes a fatherly appeal to Patroclus.

Achilles sends Patroclus