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The Illiad

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This god devised a great war to solve the problem of overpopulation of the earth.

a)

Thetis

b)

Zeus

c)

Paris

d)

Achilles

2.

The Great war, which was the Trojan war because of:

a)

Paris' decision to have the most beautiful woman in the world

b)

Zeus' decision not to choose the fairest goddess among Hera, Athena and Aphrodite

c)

Eris, who was not invited in the wedding of Thetis and Peleus

d)

Hera's rebellion against her husband Zeus

3.

She offered Paris wisdom in exchange of the title "The fairest of the goddesses"

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Hera

c)

Athena

d)

Thetis

4.

The mother of Achilles.

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Hera

c)

Thetis

d)

Athena

5.

The goddess of mischief or discord.

a)

Athena

b)

Hera

c)

Eris

d)

Thetis

6.

The king of Sparta.

a)

Agamemnon

b)

Achilles

c)

Paris

d)

Menelaus

7.

The greatest and the bravest of the Greek warriors.

a)

Odysseus

b)

Hector

c)

Paris

d)

Achilles

8.

The Prudent old man from Greece who went to war with Agamemnon.

a)

Odysseus

b)

Nestor

c)

Diomedes

d)

Priam

9.

This caused Achilles from going back to war with the Trojans.

a)

Patroclus was killed.

b)

Briseis, his prize, was taken by Agamemnon

c)

He did not want to die in that war as prophesied

d)

Scared of Apollo's punishment for the Greeks

10.

What caused Achilles to go back to the battlefields?

a)

the loss of Briseis

b)

the loss of his friend Patroclus

c)

the weakening Greek warriors

d)

the promise that he will be remembered forever

11.

Who killed Patroclus?

a)

Paris

b)

Agamemnon

c)

an unknown Trojan soldier

d)

Hector

12.

Who killed Hector?

a)

Agamemnon

b)

Menelaus

c)

Achilles

d)

Patroclus

13.

The unfortunate wife of Hector.

a)

Briseis

b)

Chryseis

c)

Cassandra

d)

Andromache

14.

The magnanimous warrior of Troy.

a)

Paris

b)

Hector

c)

King Priam

d)

Astyanax

15.

Helen of Troy is originally from.

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Mycenae

d)

Ithaca

16.

The son of Hector and Andromache.

a)

Pallas

b)

Paris

c)

Ajax

d)

Astyanax

17.

To whom did Hector pray for the future of his son.

a)

Athena

b)

Zeus

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Hera

18.

Who killed Andromache's family.

a)

Agamemnon

b)

Achilles

c)

Menelaus

d)

Odysseus

19.

Why was Andromache on the battlements?

a)

to look for Hector

b)

to plead Priam to send Helen back to Sparta

c)

to see how the Trojans are faring against the Greeks

d)

to show her support to Helen

20.

The King of Troy

a)

Priam

b)

Paris

c)

Hector

d)

Pallas