Review Questions for Trojan War

Some Review Questions on the Trojan War, the Iliad.

Don't Panic.Some of these questions are rather obscure, and would only appear in the Extra Credit Section.

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1. The brothers of Helen become patrons of?

2. One can say that the Trojan war, in part, has its origin in a quarrel tha took place during the wedding of

3. Which goddess wins the Judgement of Paris?

4. The Greek hero who can live a short life with glory or a long life without glory is:

5. In book I of the Iliad,even before his great quarrel with Achilles, how does Agamemnon show his arrogance?

6. ________ was the first Greek to jump ashore at Troy and was killed
by Hector.

7. At the beginning of the Iliad, what does Agamemnon do that causes Achilles
to leave the war?

8. In the first book of the Iliad, why does Thetis what Zeus to help the Trojans?

9. The Greek hero who owns the bow of Heracles is:

10. Which of the following gods does not favor the Trojan Side?

11. The older Greek hero who helped raise Achilles was?

12. The Trojan woman sacrificed to Achilles' spirit was?

13. During the Embassy who tells Achilles that he is
being excessive, because Agamemnon has promised a lot of
gifts, and, according to Greek custom, by paying out goods you
can even atone for the death of a brother, much less for a stolen
concubine?

14. In his speech to Andromache, what does Hector say
about the eventual fate of Troy?

15. What is Achilles' final reaction to the Embassy ?

16. The Greek hero, who is able for one day to fight like Achilles,
but knows his limits and does not commit excess is:

17. The Trojan woman who puts outs the eyes of Polymestor, because he killed the son entrusted to him was:

18. Which of the following does not participate in the Embassy to Achilles?

19. Hector is married to:

20. Which of the following atrocities does not happen during the fall of Troy?

21. The Greek Hero who killed Paris was:

22. The Greek Hero who killed Priam was:

23. After Achilles has returned, why does Hector feel he must fight him?

24. The Trojan King who tried to cheat Apollo and Poseidon when they built the walls of Troy was?

25. The chief Greek prophet at Troy was

26. What is depicted on Achilles' new Shield?

27. In which of the following ways is Patroclus not excessive when he returns to the fighting?

28. Which of the Greek heroes, after the death of Patroclus, insists that Achilles formally be reconcilled to Agamemnon, so to uphold the social code?

29. Which of the following gods does not fight on the Greek side?

30. During the Embassy to Achilles who tells Achilles the parable of Meleager, whose
point is that he should accept a good deal before it is too late?

31 Which of the following Greek heroes is most valuable in the defense of the Greek ships?

32. The moral of the parable of the two jars that Achilles' tells Priam is that?

33. The trip that Priam makes to Achilles is rather like?

34. Which of the following Greek Gods is most instrumental in killing Achilles?

35. When Ajax the Greater does not win the armor of Achilles, what does he do?

36 After Achilles has killed Hector, what does he do with his body?

37 . Why are funeral games for Patroclus important for Achilles?

38. Hecuba puts out the eyes of _________ who had killed a son whom she had entrusted to him.

39. The Greek left behind to tell the Trojans a false story about the Trojan horse was

40. _________was a Trojan priest of Apollo who tried to warn the Trojans about the wooden horse, but was killed by snakes, along with his sons.

Some fill in the blank questions.


1. The goddess who drove Ajax mad was:
2. To whom was Menelaus married?
3. Who ran off with Menelaus' wife?
4. Who is the true father of Menelaus' wife?
5. Who was in command of the Greek army at Troy?
6. Who was the most trusted advisor to the Greeks?
7. The Greek hero best known for his crafty plans was?
8. Agamenmon insulted the goddess __________, who then prevented the Greek ships from sailing.
9. According to Stesichorus, Helen did not go to Troy, but rather an image of her. Where is real Helen go?
10. What was the image of Helen made out of?
11. The Greek hero who is Achilles' best friend and is killed by Hector is:
12. Which Greek leader comes to Agamemnon in the form in a lying dream to tell him that he can fight and win the next day?
13. The Greek hero who is the second best fighter and Achilles' cousin?
14. The Trojan hero who escaped the final destruction of Troy and established the Trojans in Italy near Rome was?
15. Who prevents the Greek army from leaving after a major Greek leader suggests they cannot win and should go home?
16.The Trojan who killed Achilles was?
17. Who was the father of Neoptolemus?
18. According to a post-Homeric legend, in what part of the body could Achilles be wounded?
19. __________ are the two brothers of Helen
20. Which Greek leader is it that suggests that the Greeks should just go home, in order to test the army's loyalty to him?
21. When Hector returns to the battlefield after visiting his wife, he immediately challenges the Greeks to pick a champion to fight him, as if he needs to prove his own courage to himself. Who ends up fighting Hector?
22. After Achilles' rejection of the Embassy, which two Greek heroes go at night to scout the Trojans?
23. What Greek hero wins the armor of Achilles?
24. In Book I, who sends a plague on the Greeks?
25. What goddess uses Aphrodite's magic girdle and sex to distract the Zeus so that the Greek can begin to win again?
26. What god (in disguise) accompanies Priam to the tent of Achilles?
27. The son of which Greek hero kills Priam?
28. Who is the amazon princess that Achilles kills, and some say he also loves?
29. According to the false story, the wooden horse of the Greeks was dedicated to what goddess?
30. The son of Zeus that Patroclus kills is called?

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