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The Iliad: Book 17 Quiz

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  1. 1Menelaos 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].
    1. Aprotect the body of Patroklos
    2. Bkeep the wine
    3. Cprotect the horses
    4. Dhide
    5. EHector
    6. FZeus
    7. GApollo
    8. HAthena
  2. 2 The Trojan commander strips Achilles' beautiful armor from the corpse and puts it [blank_start]on in place of his own[blank_end].
    1. Aon in place of his own
    2. Bsomewhere for the Achaeans to find it
    3. Cin the ocean
    4. Don his horse
  3. 3 Then almost immediately, a battle develops over [blank_start]Patroklos' naked corpse[blank_end].
    1. APatroklos' naked corpse
    2. Bwho gets to eat first
    3. CPatroklos' jewelry
    4. Dwho gets to wear the armor
  4. 4Patroklos' 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].
    1. Atake it to Troy to mutilate it
    2. Bburn it
    3. Cleave it where it is
    4. Ddress it up as Achilles
    5. Egive it a proper funeral ceremony
    6. Fgive it to the Trojans
    7. Gmutilate it to show their fierceness
    8. Hoffer it to the gods
  5. 5 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.
    1. AApollo
    2. BAres
    3. CZeus
    4. DPoseidon
    5. EAthena
    6. FAphrodite
    7. GHera
    8. HIris
  6. 6While 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].
    1. Ato capture Achilles' horses
    2. Bsteal the body
    3. Cset some ships on fire
    4. Dsteal the armor from the commander
    5. Ethey escape back to the Achaian camp
    6. Fthe armor is too big to carry
    7. Gall the ships are already burning
    8. Hhe falls asleep instead
  7. 7 The body of Patroklos is [blank_start]rescued and is safely carried back[blank_end] to the Achaian camp.
    1. Arescued and is safely carried back
    2. Bgiven back
    3. Clost forever
    4. Dmutilated and thrown
  8. 8The horses of Achilles [blank_start]weep for the dead Patroklos[blank_end]
    1. Aweep for the dead Patroklos
    2. Beat grass and don't care
    3. Crun away when they hear loud noises
    4. Dhave really nice hair
  9. 9The 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.
    1. Athe body of Patroklos
    2. Bthe horses
    3. Cthe ships
    4. Dthe armor of Achilles

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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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