The Iliad quiz: 25 questions by max

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A quiz on Homer's Iliad

Which mortal wounded Aphrodite?

Achilles
Ajax
Diomedes
Sarpedon

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Which god is the first to descend from Mt. Olympus in Book 1?

Hera
Athena
Apollo
Hermes

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Who is the Greek seer who rises to speak in Book 1?

Theoclymenus
Tiresias
Mopsus
Calchas

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Who is the priest who comes to the Greek camp at the opening of the poem?

Chryses
Chryseis
Chryse
Calchas

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Who is the wife of Agamemnon, whom he mentions in Book 1 only to say that he prefers a war prize to her?

Helen
Hecuba
Clytemnestra
Anticleia

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Which animals does Apollo first make a target of his plague-bringing arrows?

mules and dogs
horses
cattle
goats and sheep

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Who is the mother of Achilles, who goes to Mt. Olympus to entreat Zeus after a conference with her son?

Erato
Callisto
Doris
Thetis

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Which goddess descended from Mt. Olympus to caution Achilles not to slay Agamemnon?

Hera
Thetis
Athene
Aphrodite

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What was the name of Achilles' "booty" whom Agamemnon demanded that he surrender?

Briseis
Chryseis
Lyseis
Chariclo

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What is the name of a sacrifice, originally of 100 oxen?

hecabomb
hecatomb
hecaromb
hecadome

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Over how many days does the action of the poem take place?

49
9
249
29

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Whom does Hera tell Aphrodite she plans to visit when she visits her in Book 14?

Tethys
Hesta
Demeter
Terra

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Which person does NOT visit Achilles in the famous embassy of Book 9?

Phoenix
Odysseus
Ajax
Diomedes

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Who first comes up with the idea for Patroclus to put on Achilles' armor?

Diomedes
Nestor
Ajax
Agamemnon

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Who is the father of Ajax (the greater)?

Hercules
Proteus
Telamon
Peleus

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Which region of Greece is the home of Ajax the Lesser?

Argos
Phthia
Crete
Locris

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In which book are the funeral games in honor of Patroclus celebrated?

17
19
23
24

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Who conducts Priam to the tent of Achilles in Book 24?

Paris
Hermes
Euphorbus
Pandarus

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Who is the wife of Hector?

Helen
Hecuba
Andromache
Cassandra

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Who is Hector's son?

Astyanax
Telemachus
Xanthus
Bellerophon

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When Zeus boasts to Hera in Book 14 of his famous seductions, which of the following mortal women does he NOT mention?

Alcmene
Semele
Europa
Io

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Where does the Trojan ally Rhesus come from?

Lydia
Mysia
Thrace
Caria

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Which of the following characters does NOT play a role in the Iliad?

Glaucus
Sarpedon
Memnon
Pandarus

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Which of the following gods is wounded in Book 5?

Hera
Ares
Athena
Poseidon

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In which book of the poem does Hephaestus make the divine armor for Achilles?

14
16
18
22

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