The Iliad: Book VII Quiz

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Complete the quiz from Book VII of the Iliad
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Whose idea is it to call a truce and have Hector challenge an Achaean to a duel?
Respuesta
  • Athena and Apollo
  • Hector and Menelaus
  • Agamemnon and Diomedes
  • Nestor and Agamemnon

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Why does Agamemnon not allow Menelaus to fight Hector?
Respuesta
  • Because Hector is stronger
  • Because he wants to fight him himself
  • Because he had a vision of his death
  • Because he doesn't want Hector to die

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
How does Nestor convince nine Greeks to step forward and volunteer to duel Hector?
Respuesta
  • He threatens them with punishment
  • He gives a stirring speech
  • He tricks them into doing it
  • He bribes them with money

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
How is the Greek who will fight Hector chosen?
Respuesta
  • by drawing lots
  • by a contest to determine who is strongest
  • by a duel with Agamemnon
  • by the gods

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Which Greek is chosen to fight Hector?
Respuesta
  • Diomedes
  • Aias
  • Odysseus
  • Agamemnon

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Which contestant wins the duel?
Respuesta
  • Hector
  • Aias
  • No one

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
What do Hector and Aias do after their duel ends?
Respuesta
  • They promise to continue the duel some other night
  • They shout insults at one another
  • The exchange gifts and pledge friendship
  • They secretly plan to kill one another

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
When the Trojans and Greeks return to their ships and camps, what does Nestor propose the Greeks do next?
Respuesta
  • build a wall of protection on the beach to protect the ships
  • sneak into the Trojan camp
  • leave the war and return home
  • set fire to the Trojan camp while the Trojans sleep

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
In the Trojan camp, what does Antenor propose?
Respuesta
  • the return of Helen and her belongings to Menelaus
  • to set the Greek ships on fire while the Greeks sleep
  • to build a wall on the beach to protect against the ships
  • to sneak into the Greek camps and kill the soldiers

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
Paris does not agree to return Helen, but:
Respuesta
  • he is willing to return some of her belongings
  • he is willing to trade some other woman in Helen's place
  • he will return her when she is dead
  • he is willing to return all of her belongings

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
Who suggests that an embassy be sent to the Greeks telling them of the willingness of Paris to return Helen's belongings?
Respuesta
  • Priam
  • Antenor
  • Paris
  • Hector

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
Why is a temporary truce agreed upon?
Respuesta
  • to give both sides time to bury their dead
  • to give both sides time to count their treasure
  • to give both sides time to sharpen their swords
  • to give both sides time to pray to the gods

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
The Greeks begin to build a wall to protect their ships from the Trojans.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
Who is upset that the Greeks are building a wall on the beach?
Respuesta
  • the god Poseidon
  • the god Zeus
  • Agamemnon
  • Helen

Pregunta 15

Pregunta
What will happen to the walls when the war is ended?
Respuesta
  • they will be destroyed
  • they will be dedicated to the gods
  • they will be used for protection
  • they will be built higher
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