The Iliad: Book 17 Quiz

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Read Book 17. Study the summaries. You may have to review your summaries for this quiz. Enjoy!
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Question 1

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Menelaos attempts to [blank_start]protect the body of Patroklos[blank_end] from the enemy, but finally he is driven off by [blank_start]Hector[blank_end].
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  • protect the body of Patroklos
  • keep the wine
  • protect the horses
  • hide
  • Hector
  • Zeus
  • Apollo
  • Athena

Question 2

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The Trojan commander strips Achilles' beautiful armor from the corpse and puts it [blank_start]on in place of his own[blank_end].
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  • on in place of his own
  • somewhere for the Achaeans to find it
  • in the ocean
  • on his horse

Question 3

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Then almost immediately, a battle develops over [blank_start]Patroklos' naked corpse[blank_end].
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  • Patroklos' naked corpse
  • who gets to eat first
  • Patroklos' jewelry
  • who gets to wear the armor

Question 4

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Patroklos' body: The Trojans hope to [blank_start]take it to Troy to mutilate it[blank_end] as a warning to all the Achaians, and the Achaians want to [blank_start]give it a proper funeral ceremony[blank_end].
Answer
  • take it to Troy to mutilate it
  • burn it
  • leave it where it is
  • dress it up as Achilles
  • give it a proper funeral ceremony
  • give it to the Trojans
  • mutilate it to show their fierceness
  • offer it to the gods

Question 5

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The leading warriors on both sides engage in the fight over Patroklos' body, and two gods, [blank_start]Apollo[blank_end] and [blank_start]Athena[blank_end], also join.
Answer
  • Apollo
  • Ares
  • Zeus
  • Poseidon
  • Athena
  • Aphrodite
  • Hera
  • Iris

Question 6

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While the fight over the body is going on, Hector attempts [blank_start]to capture Achilles' horses[blank_end], but [blank_start]they escape back to the Achaian camp[blank_end].
Answer
  • to capture Achilles' horses
  • steal the body
  • set some ships on fire
  • steal the armor from the commander
  • they escape back to the Achaian camp
  • the armor is too big to carry
  • all the ships are already burning
  • he falls asleep instead

Question 7

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The body of Patroklos is [blank_start]rescued and is safely carried back[blank_end] to the Achaian camp.
Answer
  • rescued and is safely carried back
  • given back
  • lost forever
  • mutilated and thrown

Question 8

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The horses of Achilles [blank_start]weep for the dead Patroklos[blank_end]
Answer
  • weep for the dead Patroklos
  • eat grass and don't care
  • run away when they hear loud noises
  • have really nice hair

Question 9

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The Homeric Greeks believed that one's soul could not enter the afterworld unless the proper burial rites had been carried out — in this case, cremation and burial of the ashes under a barrow. The battle that takes place over [blank_start]the body of Patroklos[blank_end] is due to this belief.
Answer
  • the body of Patroklos
  • the horses
  • the ships
  • the armor of Achilles
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