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Iliad Revision Quiz UNFINISHED

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  1. 1Which of the following was the first word of the Iliad in its original Greek?
    1. A'menis' - (Divine) Anger
    2. BAchilleus
    3. C'thea' - Goddess
  2. 2How many days does the story of the Iliad span?
    1. Aaround 55
    2. Baround 100
    3. Caround 15
    4. Daround 80
  3. 3Book One
    It is the [blank_start]tenth[blank_end] year of the [blank_start]Trojan[blank_end] war, and the Greek force is on the shore near Troy. [blank_start]Agamemnon[blank_end] offends Chryses, who is [blank_start]Apollo[blank_end]'s priest, as he refuses to return Chryseïs, his [blank_start]daughter[blank_end], for ransom. As punishment, Apollo sends a [blank_start]plague[blank_end] onto the Greeks. At a special assembly called by [blank_start]Achilleus[blank_end], Agamemnon agrees to return the girl, but he takes Briseïs as compensation. Feeling greatly dishonoured and angry, Achilleus, Patroklos and the [blank_start]Myrmidons[blank_end] withdraw from the war. Achilleus meets with Thetis, who then persuades [blank_start]Zeus[blank_end] to support the Trojans in revenge, making the Argives suffer without Achilleus and so causing them to realise how vital he was. An argument breaks out on Olympos between Zeus and Hera, and is solved by [blank_start]Hephaistos[blank_end] (the lame craftsman). This is an example of ring [blank_start]composition[blank_end] - Book one starts and ends with a quarrel. The mortal quarrel, however, results in lots of [blank_start]death[blank_end] and anger, while the immortal one ends in laughter and feasting. This serves to highlight the insignificance of the mortal world to the immortal gods, and the idea that ultimately, immortals do not [blank_start]suffer[blank_end].
    1. Atenth
    2. BTrojan
    3. CAgamemnon
    4. DApollo
    5. Edaughter
    6. Fplague
    7. GAchilleus
    8. HMyrmidons
    9. IZeus
    10. Jcomposition
    11. KHephaistos
    12. Ldeath
    13. Msuffer
  4. 4The old man Phoinix is describes as having a "mellifluous" voice, and acts a link to the past through his many stories about the past generation of heroes.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  5. 5Book Two of the Iliad is also known as the Doloneia.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  6. 6Book Three 'The Teichoscopia'
    Both armies advance onto the [blank_start]Trojan[blank_end] plain, but a truce is agreed. It is decided that Paris is to fight [blank_start]Menelaos[blank_end] for Helen (Why did it take 10 years to reach this point?). On [blank_start]the walls[blank_end] of the city of Troy, Helen points out the Achaian leaders to [blank_start]Priam[blank_end]. It is on the battlements that we are presented with the most important [blank_start]definition[blank_end] of old men and their role. The duel between [blank_start]Paris[blank_end] and Menelaos begins, and Paris is about to be killed when he is saved by [blank_start]Aphrodite[blank_end], who returns him to Helen's rooms in the city.
    1. ATrojan
    2. BMenelaos
    3. Cthe walls
    4. DPriam
    5. Edefinition
    6. FParis
    7. GAphrodite
  7. 7Book Four
    [blank_start]Hera[blank_end]'s hostility causes the truce to be broken, as Zeus is manipulated. Athene persuades [blank_start]Pandaros[blank_end] (a Trojan ally) to shoot Menelaos, who is lightly wounded, thus breaking the [blank_start]truce[blank_end].
    1. AHera
    2. BPandaros
    3. Ctruce
  8. 8Book Six
    Diomedes' fighting is stopped when he confronts a guest friend [blank_start]Glaukos[blank_end] (the best example of Xenia in the poem). Both men stop and they exchange [blank_start]armour[blank_end]. There is then a shift in emphasis - Hektor returns to [blank_start]Troy[blank_end] to get [blank_start]Hekabe[blank_end] to give a gift offering to Athene in an appeal for help. This shows the importance of [blank_start]women[blank_end] in relation to the gods - they are the ones who pray/[blank_start]lament[blank_end] (could this be because women have the ability to give life?). Hektor speaks next to Helen, and then his wife [blank_start]Andromache[blank_end] and young [blank_start]son[blank_end] Astyanax. Hektor rebukes [blank_start]Paris[blank_end] and they both return to fight.
    1. AGlaukos
    2. Barmour
    3. CTroy
    4. DHekabe
    5. Ewomen
    6. Flament
    7. GAndromache
    8. Hson
    9. IParis
  9. 9In the first few books of the Iliad (up to Book 6), which hero is characterised in the following ways?
    - bad leader (doesn't listen to will of his people)
    - rude and disrespectful
    - greedy/acquisitive
    - good leader (able to motivate)
    1. AAgamemnon
    2. BMenelaos
    3. CAchilleus
    4. DHektor
  10. 10Book Nine
    Battle has been going badly for the Achaians, so [blank_start]Agamemnon[blank_end] acts on the advice of [blank_start]Nestor[blank_end], who suggested that Aias, [blank_start]Odysseus[blank_end] and Phoinix are sent to appease Achilleus. He is offered many gifts ('[blank_start]goras[blank_end]'), including his concubine Briseïs, but he rejects them all and the Achaian embassy return disappointed.
    1. AAgamemnon
    2. BNestor
    3. COdysseus
    4. Dgoras

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