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The Iliad Quiz CBG

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The name of the god of war is
a)
Hermês
b)
Poseidon
c)
Arês
d)
Hêphaistos
e)
Zeus
2.
As the poem begins, the Trojan War has been going on for
a)
ten days
b)
nine years
c)
six months
d)
two weeks
e)
24- Hours
3.
Who was Helen's husband?
a)
Paris
b)
Hector
c)
Agamemnon
d)
Menelaus
4.
Why did Apollo send a plague to the Greeks?
a)
They were not winning the war fast enough
b)
Agamemnon stole his priestess, Chryseis
c)
Agamemnon stole Briseis from Achilles
d)
Achilles would not give up Chryseis
5.

What were the two sides fighting in the Trojan War?

a)

Greeks and Romans

b)

Greeks and the people of Troy

c)

Romans and Inca

d)

Spartans and Athans

6.

Do they really know what happened about the War?

a)

No, because it's a myth

b)

Yes,

7.

Who did Paris run off with?

a)

Hades

b)

Athena

c)

Helen of Troy

d)

Demeter

8.

Who was not at the Judgment of Paris?

a)

Paris

b)

Athena

c)

Helen

d)

Aphrodite

9.

Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek armies, is the brother of ________________?

a)

Odysseus

b)

Menelaus

c)

Ajax

d)

Achilles

10.

Who is the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey

a)

Homer

b)

Aesop

c)

Sophocles

d)

Pericles

11.

What do we call a long poem that tells the story of heroic people and heroic deeds?

a)

Haiku

b)

Sonnet

c)

Fable

d)

Epic

12.

Son of Pelius, hero from Phthia

a)

Achilles

b)

Odysseus

c)

Diomedes

d)

Ajax

13.

The last king of Troy

a)

Hecuba

b)

Priam

c)

Menelaos

d)

Agamemnon

14.

What modern country is Troy in?

a)

Greece

b)

Turkey

c)

Bulgaria

d)

Syria

15.

Paris had a sister who could tell the future, but

a)

she was deaf

b)

she was not believed

c)

she was locked in a tower

d)

she could not speak

16.

The Trojan Horse was who's idea?

a)

Achilles

b)

Agamemnon

c)

Menelaus

d)

Odysseus