This is a timed quiz.
You have 15 minutes to complete the 15 questions in this quiz.
Whose idea is it to call a truce and have Hector challenge an Achaean to a duel?
Athena and Apollo
Hector and Menelaus
Agamemnon and Diomedes
Nestor and Agamemnon
Why does Agamemnon not allow Menelaus to fight Hector?
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
How does Nestor convince nine Greeks to step forward and volunteer to duel Hector?
He threatens them with punishment
He gives a stirring speech
He tricks them into doing it
He bribes them with money
How is the Greek who will fight Hector chosen?
by drawing lots
by a contest to determine who is strongest
by a duel with Agamemnon
by the gods
Which Greek is chosen to fight Hector?
Diomedes
Aias
Odysseus
Agamemnon
Which contestant wins the duel?
Hector
No one
What do Hector and Aias do after their duel ends?
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
When the Trojans and Greeks return to their ships and camps, what does Nestor propose the Greeks do next?
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
In the Trojan camp, what does Antenor propose?
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
Paris does not agree to return Helen, but:
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
Who suggests that an embassy be sent to the Greeks telling them of the willingness of Paris to return Helen's belongings?
Priam
Antenor
Paris
Why is a temporary truce agreed upon?
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
The Greeks begin to build a wall to protect their ships from the Trojans.
Who is upset that the Greeks are building a wall on the beach?
the god Poseidon
the god Zeus
Helen
What will happen to the walls when the war is ended?
they will be destroyed
they will be dedicated to the gods
they will be used for protection
they will be built higher
