Iliad Quiz Practice (Books 19 and 20)

To reconcile Agamemnon and Achilles. Odysseus says all of the following except:

• Greeks should eat before battle

• Agamemnon should bring gifts to Achilles

• Achilles should quit worrying about glory

• Agamemnon should treat people better

Why does Zeus release the gods to intervene in the war as they please?

• Trojans are no match for Achilles

• Achilles might override fate and take Troy

• Trojans need divine aid

• All of the above

Briseis weeps for _________ because he promised to force ________ to marry her back in Pythia. Add a comma and a space between the two answers

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While Briseis weeps, the other women are _________?

• Weeping for Patroclus

• Dancing on Patroclus's grave

• Wiping away her tears

• Weeping for their own sorrows

According to Achilles, the death of Patroclus is worse than the death of _____________ and ____________.

• Neoptolemus and Peleus

• His father and his grandma

• Peleus and Menoetius

• His son and his mother

______ is destined to carry on the race of Dardanus, the Trojans, so ________ saves him from Achilles. Add and comma and a space between the two answers.

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Who is Neoptolemus?

• Neoptolemus is a famous philosopher from ancient Greece.
• Neoptolemus is the son of Achilles in Greek mythology.
• Neoptolemus is the brother of Hector in Greek mythology.
• Neoptolemus is a legendary hero known for his wisdom.

"_______, ___ __ ______, mightiest of the Achaeans, in battle you are better than I, and that more than a little, but in counsel I am much before you, for I am older and of greater knowledge. Therefore be patient under my words. Fighting is a thing of which men soon surfeit, and when Zeus, who is war's steward, grain. ........ but let those of us who are left eat and drink that we may arm and fight our foes more fiercely."

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"_______, ___ __ ______, mightiest of the Achaeans, in battle you are better than I, and that more than a little, but in counsel I am much before you, for I am older and of greater knowledge. Therefore be patient under my words. Fighting is a thing of which men soon surfeit, and when Zeus, who is war's steward, grain. ........ but let those of us who are left eat and drink that we may arm and fight our foes more fiercely." WHO SAID THIS QUOTE?

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"And let there be no more prating in mid-battle as though we were children. We could fling taunts without end at one another; a hundred-oared galley would not hold them. The tongue can run all whithers and talk all wise. It can go here and there, and as a man says, so shall be gainsaid. What is the use of bandying hard words, like women who when they fall foul of one another go out and wrangle in the streets, one half true and the other lies, as rage inspires them? No words of yours shall turn me now that I am fain to fight-- therefore let us make trial of one another with our spears."

______ said this to ________

Add a comma and a space between the two answers

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