Question 1

Who is shown here kissing a swan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clytemnestra 
B)  Leda 
C)  Helen 
D)  Hecabê 
A)  Clytemnestra 
B)  Leda 
C)  Helen 
D)  Hecabê B

Question 2

Who kills Patroclus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Achilles 
B)  Sarpedon 
C)  Hector 
D)  Paris 
A)  Achilles 
B)  Sarpedon 
C)  Hector 
D)  Paris C

Question 3

What does the name of the land Peloponnesus mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Pelops' gift" 
B)  "Victory of Pelops" 
C)  "Pelops' kingdom" 
D)  "Island of Pelops" 
A)  "Pelops' gift" 
B)  "Victory of Pelops" 
C)  "Pelops' kingdom" 
D)  "Island of Pelops" D

Question 4

Which Greek hero was bitten by a snake and then abandoned on the island of Lemnos?

Accepted Answer

A)  Idomeneus 
B)  Diomedes 
C)  Philoctetes 
D)  Protesilaüs 
A)  Idomeneus 
B)  Diomedes 
C)  Philoctetes 
D)  Protesilaüs

Question 5

Who exposes the deception of Odysseus when Odysseus is trying to avoid going to fight in the Trojan War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Achilles 
B)  Philoctetes 
C)  Agamemnon 
D)  Palamedes 
A)  Achilles 
B)  Philoctetes 
C)  Agamemnon 
D)  Palamedes

Question 6

Which three goddesses appear before Paris in the Judgment of Paris?

Accepted Answer

A)  Athena 
B)  Aphrodite 
C)  Artemis 
D)  Hera 
A)  Athena 
B)  Aphrodite 
C)  Artemis 
D)  Hera

Question 7

Agamemnon seizes _______ from Achilles, prompting Achilles to sit out the war.

Accepted Answer

A)  Chryseïs 
B)  Andromachê 
C)  Briseïs 
D)  Hecabê 
A)  Chryseïs 
B)  Andromachê 
C)  Briseïs 
D)  Hecabê

Question 8

The kings who led the Greek expedition to Troy came from the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  rival cities of Athens and Sparta 
B)  House of Cadmus 
C)  island of Aegina 
D)  House of Atreus 
A)  rival cities of Athens and Sparta 
B)  House of Cadmus 
C)  island of Aegina 
D)  House of Atreus

Question 9

What is Paris' other name, given to him after he single-handedly defeats a band of robbers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alexander 
B)  Aeacus 
C)  Telegonus 
D)  Philippos 
A)  Alexander 
B)  Aeacus 
C)  Telegonus 
D)  Philippos

Question 10

In order to save the expedition to Troy, Agamemnon had to sacrifice _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Polyxena 
B)  Clytemnestra 
C)  Electra 
D)  Iphigenia 
A)  Polyxena 
B)  Clytemnestra 
C)  Electra 
D)  Iphigenia

Question 11

Who travels into the Greek camp to ransom Hector's body?

Accepted Answer

A)  Priam 
B)  Paris 
C)  Andromachê 
D)  Helen 
A)  Priam 
B)  Paris 
C)  Andromachê 
D)  Helen

Question 12

Which of the following are members of Hector's family?

Accepted Answer

A)  Astyanax 
B)  Chryseïs 
C)  Andromachê 
D)  Leda 
A)  Astyanax 
B)  Chryseïs 
C)  Andromachê 
D)  Leda

Question 13

When Thyestes goes to the oracle at Delphi to find out how to settle the score with Atreus, what does he learn?

Accepted Answer

A)  That he must sacrifice his own son 
B)  That he should seek allies in Sparta 
C)  That he will only defeat Atreus by killing their father 
D)  That he must beget a child by his daughter Pelopia 
A)  That he must sacrifice his own son 
B)  That he should seek allies in Sparta 
C)  That he will only defeat Atreus by killing their father 
D)  That he must beget a child by his daughter Pelopia

Question 14

The lliad begins when the priest Chryses comes to the Greek camp to _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  offer Apollo's protection during a plague 
B)  accuse Agamemnon of treachery 
C)  announce the terms of a peace treaty with the Trojans 
D)  ransom his daughter 
A)  offer Apollo's protection during a plague 
B)  accuse Agamemnon of treachery 
C)  announce the terms of a peace treaty with the Trojans 
D)  ransom his daughter

Question 15

The Myrmidons were created when Zeus turned the _______ of Aegina into people.

Accepted Answer

A)  hawks 
B)  ants 
C)  olives 
D)  wolves 
A)  hawks 
B)  ants 
C)  olives 
D)  wolves

Question 16

What does Hector do when he sees Achilles coming after him?

Accepted Answer

A)  He flees to an altar of Zeus for protection and refuses to fight 
B)  He taunts him and circles him in his chariot 
C)  He turns and runs three times around the walls of Troy before making his stand 
D)  He runs inside the gates of Troy, and Achilles follows him inside 
A)  He flees to an altar of Zeus for protection and refuses to fight 
B)  He taunts him and circles him in his chariot 
C)  He turns and runs three times around the walls of Troy before making his stand 
D)  He runs inside the gates of Troy, and Achilles follows him inside

Question 17

The Iliad is formally the story of _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  the fall and sack of Troy 
B)  how Helen was returned to Menelaüs 
C)  the entire Trojan War 
D)  the anger of Achilles 
A)  the fall and sack of Troy 
B)  how Helen was returned to Menelaüs 
C)  the entire Trojan War 
D)  the anger of Achilles

Question 18

How did Thetis try to prevent Achilles from joining the Trojan War?

Accepted Answer

A)  By rendering him invisible when the leaders of the war came looking for him 
B)  By hiding him among women on the island of Scyros 
C)  By hiding all his armor and weapons 
D)  By keeping him hidden away in her undersea cavern 
A)  By rendering him invisible when the leaders of the war came looking for him 
B)  By hiding him among women on the island of Scyros 
C)  By hiding all his armor and weapons 
D)  By keeping him hidden away in her undersea cavern

Question 19

What sort of contest does Oenomaüs arrange for the hand of his daughter Hippodamia?

Accepted Answer

A)  An archery contest 
B)  A chariot race 
C)  A footrace 
D)  A duel to the death with Oenomaüs himself 
A)  An archery contest 
B)  A chariot race 
C)  A footrace 
D)  A duel to the death with Oenomaüs himself

Question 20

Which of the following are true of the Dioscuri, Castor and Polydeuces?

Accepted Answer

A)  Polydeuces gave up half his immortality to Castor 
B)  In Greek religion, the Dioscuri were protectors of sailors in distress 
C)  To the Romans, the Dioscuri were protectors of the Roman state 
D)  Castor killed Polydeuces in a hunting accident 
A)  Polydeuces gave up half his immortality to Castor 
B)  In Greek religion, the Dioscuri were protectors of sailors in distress 
C)  To the Romans, the Dioscuri were protectors of the Roman state 
D)  Castor killed Polydeuces in a hunting accident

Exam 20: The Trojan War

Who is shown here kissing a swan?

Who kills Patroclus?

What does the name of the land Peloponnesus mean?

Which Greek hero was bitten by a snake and then abandoned on the island of Lemnos?

Who exposes the deception of Odysseus when Odysseus is trying to avoid going to fight in the Trojan War?

Which three goddesses appear before Paris in the Judgment of Paris?

Agamemnon seizes _______ from Achilles, prompting Achilles to sit out the war.

The kings who led the Greek expedition to Troy came from the ______.

What is Paris' other name, given to him after he single-handedly defeats a band of robbers?

In order to save the expedition to Troy, Agamemnon had to sacrifice _______.

Who travels into the Greek camp to ransom Hector's body?

Which of the following are members of Hector's family?

When Thyestes goes to the oracle at Delphi to find out how to settle the score with Atreus, what does he learn?

The lliad begins when the priest Chryses comes to the Greek camp to _______.

The Myrmidons were created when Zeus turned the _______ of Aegina into people.

What does Hector do when he sees Achilles coming after him?

The Iliad is formally the story of _______.

How did Thetis try to prevent Achilles from joining the Trojan War?

What sort of contest does Oenomaüs arrange for the hand of his daughter Hippodamia?

Which of the following are true of the Dioscuri, Castor and Polydeuces?

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