WorksheetsThe Iliad, Books V-VIII
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is the main character in Book V?
Diomed
Hector
Achilles
Menelaus
Pandarus is also known as...
the son of Lycaon
the son of Tydeus
Alexandrus
Hectorus
Select the TWO warriors who challenge Diomed to a battle.
Pandarus
Menelaus
Priam
Hector
Aeneas
Which goddess is wounded while rescuing Aeneas?
Athena
Hera
Thetis
Aphrodite
Which god goes down to encourage the Trojans during Book V?
Zeus
Poseidon
Ares
Hephaestus
Which goddess helps Diomed vanquish many Trojans?
Artemis
Athena
Hera
Aphrodite
Who convinces Menelaus to kill Adrestus, rather than take him alive?
Achilles
Agamemnon
Hector
Priam
Why don't Diomed and Glaucus fight their single combat battle?
They discover that they are long-lost brothers and cannot kill each other.
They discover that they are both worshippers of Apollo and cannot kill each other.
They discover that their fathers were friends and that they owe each other hospitality, so they exchange gifts instead.
They discover that they are too evenly matched in skill.
What is Hector's attitude towards Paris?
He loves him.
He hates him and thinks he's weak.
He dislikes him but respects his battle prowess.
He likes him but thinks he's a liability in battle.
Who says, "Dear husband, your valour will bring you to destruction; think on your infant son, and on my hapless self who ere long shall be your widow"?
Hera
Andromache
Helen
Athena
Hector says, "...but if a man's hour is come, be he brave or be he coward, there is no escape for him when he has once been born." What is this an example of?
Fate
Despair
Prophecy
Trust in the gods
The entrance of which TWO warriors heartens and encourages the Trojan warriors?
Paris
Menelaus
Hector
Priam
Aeneas
Which TWO warriors fight each other in single combat but end up calling a temporary truce?
Ajax
Hector
Paris
Achilles
Agamemnon
Which god helps Hector in his battle?
Zeus
Ares
Apollo
Hephaestus
Both sides agree to a temporary peace to bury the dead.
True
False
Which god(dess) forbids the others from taking part in the war?
Zeus
Apollo
Ares
Hera
After Agamemnon prays to Zeus, what sign does Zeus send indicating that he will not totally destroy Agamemnon?
An eagle carrying a fawn in its talons.
An eagle carrying nine snakes in its talons.
A hawk carrying a torch that it drops at his feet.
A hawk carrying a dead sparrow.
Who says, "And now Zeus hates me, while he lets Thetis have her way because she kissed his knees and took hold of his beard..."?
Hera
Athena
Aphrodite
Hera
When Hera and Athena attempt to go help the Greeks (against Zeus's wishes), who does Zeus send?
Iris
Aphrodite
Thetis
Ares
What is this prophecy saying? "...for fierce Hector shall not cease fighting till he has roused the son of Peleus when they are fighting in dire straits at their ships' sterns about the body of Patroclus."
Hector will continue to fight until Achilles reenters the fight after BFF Patroclus has died.
Hector will kill BFF Patroclus unless Achilles comes back to fight him.
Hector will die before Achilles reenters the fight.
Hector will continue to fight until Achilles and Patroclus kill him.
