The Iliad and The Odyssey

Quick fact: where is troy currently located 

• present day Turkey 
• present day Germany 
• present day Clemson 
• present day Italy 

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how long did the Trojan war last?

• 1 month 
• never
• 9 years
• 4000000000 months 

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The greatest Greek warrior who killed Hector, the Trojan

• Achilles

• Agamemnon

• Paris

• Hector

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Who wrote the Illiad?

• Bart
• Oddysseus
• Homer
• Achilles

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God of the Sea

• Zeus
• Hades
• Hecuba
• Poseidon

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He was the blind teller of tales who first recorded The Iliad and The Odyssey

• Circe
• Homer
• Telemachus
• the Muse

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character who fought in the Trojan War and wandered around the Mediterranean

• Polyphemus
• Telemachus
• Odysseus
• Achilles

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Where did Odysseus go to fight in a war?

• Troy
• Ithaca
• Peru
• Russia

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Larger-than-life central character in an epic poem on a quest or journey

• Hero's Journey
• Epic Poem
• Epic Hero
• Epic Simile

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Excessive pride on the part of an epic hero

• Hubris
• in media res
• Invocation
• Repetition

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