WorksheetsThe Iliad
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 14mins
Who was the author of The Iliad?
Homer
Sophocles
Agamemnon
Achilles
True or False: The author of The Iliad was deaf.
True
False
The 2 sides battling in the Trojan War were __________ and ____________. (Check 2)
Trojans
Greeks
Egyptians
Italians
Who was the most beautiful mortal woman in the world?
Clytemnestra
Helen
Aphrodite
Chryseis
Who was Helen's husband?
Agamemnon
Homer
Menelaus
Zeus
Who lured Helen away from her husband?
Paris
Homer
Agamemon
Achilles
Who is Menelaus' brother who he gets to help him find his stolen wife?
Paris
Agamemnon
Odysseus
Patroclus
The warriors fighting on the side of the Greeks (Achaeans) are __________________. (Check all that apply.)
Achilles
Odysseus
Agamemnon
Paris
Patroclus
Who are the 2 princes of Troy?
Hector
Agamemnon
Achilles
Paris
The 2 slave girls captured by the Greeks were ___________ and ____________.
Chryseis
Helen
Briseis
Thetis
Why does Achilles refuse to fight and help Agamemnon?
Agamemnon forced him to give away his prized slave girl.
Agamemnon made a rude comment about Achilles' family.
Achilles was just moody that day.
Achilles was taking time off.
Who takes Achilles' armor and goes into battle?
Hector
Paris
Patroclus
Thetis
True or False: Achilles is killed in battle by Hector.
True
False
Achilles always seeks help from his mother, ______________.
Helen
Athena
Hera
Thetis
How does Achilles' mother help him before he goes into battle against Hector?
She gives him a great pep talk.
She kills Hector for him.
She orders Hephaestus to make him some special armor that will make him invincible.
She gives him a magic wand.
When Hector and Achilles fight, who emerges victorious?
Hector
Paris
Priam
Achilles
What does Achilles do to the body of Hector?
Puts it on a stake
Wraps it up and hides it
Drags it around the city for days
Performs CPR
Who goes to see Achilles seeking the return of Hector's body? (Check all that apply.)
Polyxena, Hector's sister
King Priam, Hector's father
Hector's wife
Hector's young son
Achilles falls in love with _____________.
Helen
Briseis
Polyxena
Aphrodite
The group of women warriors who were allies of the Trojans were the ______________.
Amazons
Athenians
Spartans
Iphigenians
______________ and _____________ meet secretly at the temple of Apollo. (Check 2.)
Polyxena
Helen
Paris
Achilles
What does Achilles say is his only vulnerability?
His heel was not dipped in the River Styx, so it is his weakness.
He is unable to love anyone.
He falls in love with every woman he meets.
He cannot cut his hair because he will lose his strength.
Who betrays Achilles?
Helen
Paris
Thetis
Polyxena
_________________ kills Achilles.
Hector
Paris
Polyxena
Thetis
Who was as "immortal as mortals get"?
Achilles
Zeus
Hector
Helen
The ashes of Achilles were mixed with those of _____________.
Helen
Ajax
Patroclus
Priam
What goddess was the protector of Achilles and proposed a vote for his armor?
Thetis
Athena
Hera
Zeus
The warriors would vote between ___________ and __________ to see who would get the armor of Achilles. (Check 2.)
Patroclus
Ajax
Hector
Odysseus
Athena rigs the vote and sees to it that ___________ has the most votes.
Agamemnon
Ajax
Achilles
Odysseus
Ajax goes into a rage and wants to kill Odysseus, but Athena causes him to go mad and __________.
kill pigs (swine) instead
see a doctor
sail back to Greece
kill his fellow soldiers
In the end, what happens to Ajax?
He falls on his own sword in shame.
He marries his sweetheart and moves away.
He sees a counselor.
He retires from being a warrior.
What do the Greeks do their own encampment?
Burn it
Remodel it
Tear it down
Throw the tents in the ocean
King Priam sends his children to the beach to investigate and what do they find?
a large ship
seashells
a beached whale
a large wooden horse
Cassandra warns her father of the wooden horse, but she is cursed. What curse is upon her?
She can see the future, but no one believes her.
She is blind.
She is deaf.
She is a lunatic.
The priest, Laocoon, also warns of the horse, but what happens to him and his sons?
They are eaten by the horse.
They are dragged out to sea by 2 sea serpents.
They are beheaded.
They are ignored.
After seeing what happens to Laocoon, the Trojans think that the wooden horse is a _____________.
curse
gift
mystery
piece of junk
What do the Trojans do with the horse?
Pull it into the city.
Burn it.
Drag it to the ocean.
Offer it to the gods.
________________ and his men are hiding inside the Trojan horse.
Ajax
Achilles
Odysseus
Menelaus
After the Greeks take the city of Troy, what do they do? (Check all that apply.)
Kill all the men.
Sacrifice Polyxena on the tomb of Achilles.
Throw the last heir to the Trojan throne from the city walls.
Burn the city and take their gold.
Become friends with the Trojans.
True or False: Menelaus is unable to forgive Helen for leaving him.
True
False
When Agamemnon returns home, what happens to him?
He is attacked and killed with an axe by his wife's new husband while taking a bath.
He reunites with his family.
He lives happily ever after.
He falls on his own sword.
