The Iliad: Book X Quiz

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Complete the quiz for Book X of the Iliad.
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Question 1

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Why can't Agamemnon and Menelaus sleep?
Answer
  • because the defeat of the Greeks seems possible
  • because they are afraid the Greeks will invade their camp
  • because the dogs of war howl all night
  • because they are afraid they will be defeated in battle

Question 2

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What plan do the Greeks discuss in their middle of the night meeting?
Answer
  • a plan to spy on the Trojans
  • a plan to poison the Trojan army
  • a plan to bring Achilles back to battle
  • a plan to inspire the troops in the morning

Question 3

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Who is at the late night meeting of the Greeks with Agamemnon and Menelaus?
Answer
  • Nestor, Aias, Diomedes, Odysseus, and Idomeneus
  • Aias, Diomedes, Achilles, and Odysseus
  • Aias, Patroclus, Phoenix, and Diomedes
  • Diomedes, Nestor, Odysseus, Achilles, and Idomeneus

Question 4

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Who do the Greeks decide to send into the Trojan camp as spies?
Answer
  • Diomedes
  • Odysseus
  • Nestor
  • Idomeneus

Question 5

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The Trojans have decided to spy on the Greeks as well.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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Who do the Trojans decide to send to spy on the Greek camp?
Answer
  • Dolon
  • Hector
  • Rhesus
  • Dione

Question 7

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What does Hector promise to Dolon if he is successful?
Answer
  • the horses of Achilles
  • the hand of his daughter in marriage
  • all the treasure of the Greek ships
  • higher rank in the Trojan army

Question 8

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Dolon refuses to tell the Greeks anything.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 9

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Diomedes spares the life of Dolon.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 10

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After gaining the information he desires, Diomedes kills the pitiful Trojan, still begging for mercy. He strips the body of its armor to be presented as a sacrifice to ______________.
Answer
  • Athena
  • Ares
  • Aphrodite
  • Apollo

Question 11

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Who awakens the Thracians?
Answer
  • Apollo
  • Zeus
  • Athena
  • Poseidon

Question 12

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Who takes the horses of Rhesus as a war prize?
Answer
  • Odysseus
  • Aias
  • Diomedes
  • Agamemnon

Question 13

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When Diomedes and Odysseus make their way into the camp of King Rhesus they:
Answer
  • slaughter the king and his cohorts
  • steal the horses
  • burn the camp to the ground
  • silently listen to the king's plans

Question 14

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Who tells Diomedes and Odysseus it is time to leave the Thracian camp?
Answer
  • Athena
  • Ares
  • Dolon
  • Apollo

Question 15

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At the end of Book X we find Diomedes and Odysseus arriving at the Greek camp where they:
Answer
  • wash the dust off themselves
  • eat and drink
  • offer thanks to Athena
  • fall asleep in exhaustion
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