THE ILIAD

Who wrote the Iliad?

• Shakespeare

• Achilles

• Homer

• Sophocles

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Who was Achilles?

• The husband of Helen of Troy

• The general of the Greek army

• The greatest warrior in the world

• The king of Sparta

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Why were the Greeks and the Trojans at war?

• Because the Greeks wanted the Trojan horse

• Because Achilles hated the general Agamemnon

• Because Zeus wanted the Greeks to destroy

• Because the Trojans took Helen the wife of the king of Sparta

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Why did Achilles agree to enter the battle again?

• Because Zeus demanded that he fight again

• To avenge the death of his friend Patroclus

• To answer the challenge issued by Hector

• To show that he was the greatest fighter in the world

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What was the only place where Achilles could be hurt?

• His heel

• His eyes

• His heart

• His stomach

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Who was the greatest warrior of the Trojan army?

• Paris

• Achilles

• King Priam

• Hector

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Who is the goddess of discord?

• Aphrodite

• Athena

• Eris

• Hera

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How did the Greeks finally defeat the Trojans?

• By waiting until the Trojans ran out of food and were starving

• By convincing Zeus to use lighting bolts to knock down the main gate of the city

• They did not defeat the Trojans, the Trojans won the war

• By hiding in a giant horse that the Trojans thought was a gift

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Who came up with the idea of the Trojan horse?

• Sinon

• Menelaus

• Odysseus

• Agamemnon

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Who was Menelaus?

• The king of Sparta

• The general of the Greek army

• The king of Troy

• The father of Helen of Troy

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