The Iliad: Book VII Quiz

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Complete the quiz from Book VII of the Iliad
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Question 1

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

Question 2

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Why does Agamemnon not allow Menelaus to fight Hector?
Answer
  • 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

Question 3

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

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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Which contestant wins the duel?
Answer
  • Hector
  • Aias
  • No one

Question 7

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What do Hector and Aias do after their duel ends?
Answer
  • 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

Question 8

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When the Trojans and Greeks return to their ships and camps, what does Nestor propose the Greeks do next?
Answer
  • 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

Question 9

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In the Trojan camp, what does Antenor propose?
Answer
  • 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

Question 10

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Paris does not agree to return Helen, but:
Answer
  • 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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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Why is a temporary truce agreed upon?
Answer
  • 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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

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What will happen to the walls when the war is ended?
Answer
  • 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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