WorksheetsIliad Basic Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
1) Who wrote the Iliad?
Virgil
Homer
Shakespeare
Pindar
Sophocles
Who was Achilles?
The greatest of the warriors of Troy
The general of the Greek army
The husband of Helen of Troy
The greatest warrior in the world
Why were the Greeks and the Trojans at war?
Because the Greeks wanted the Trojan horse
Because Achilles hated the general Agamemnon
Because the Trojans took Helen the wife of the king of Sparta
Because Zeus wanted the Greeks to destroy Troy
For the entertainment of the gods
4) Why did Achilles agree to enter the battle again?
Because Zeus demanded that he fight again
Because he was bored
To answer the challenge issued by Hector
To avenge the death of his friend Patroclus
To show that he was the greatest fighter in the world
5) What was the only place where Achilles could be hurt?
His brain
His heart
His eyes
His heel
His stomach
6) Who was the greatest warrior of the Trojan army?
Achilles
Priam
Ajax
Hector
Paris
7) True or False: The Greek gods just observed the Trojan War, but never got directly involved in the fighting.
TRUE
FALSE
8) How did the Greeks finally defeat the Trojans?
By waiting until the Trojans ran out of food and were starving
By storming the walls using siege engines
By hiding in a giant horse that the Trojans thought was a gift
By convincing Zeus to use lighting bolts to knock down the main gate of the city
They did not defeat the Trojans, the Trojans won the war
9) Who came up with the idea of the Trojan horse?
Hercules
Achilles
Menelaus
Agamemnon
Odysseus
10) Who was Agamemnon?
The king of Sparta
The general of the Greek army
The father of Helen of Troy
The greatest warrior for Troy
The hero who defeated Hector
