Iliad Basic Quiz

1) Who wrote the Iliad?

• Virgil

• Homer

• Shakespeare

• Pindar

• Sophocles

Who was Achilles?

• The greatest of the warriors of Troy

• The general of the Greek army

• The husband of Helen of Troy

• The greatest warrior in the world

Why were the Greeks and the Trojans at war?

• Because the Greeks wanted the Trojan horse

• Because Achilles hated the general Agamemnon

• Because the Trojans took Helen the wife of the king of Sparta

• Because Zeus wanted the Greeks to destroy Troy

• For the entertainment of the gods

4) Why did Achilles agree to enter the battle again?

• Because Zeus demanded that he fight again

• Because he was bored

• To answer the challenge issued by Hector

• To avenge the death of his friend Patroclus

• To show that he was the greatest fighter in the world

5) What was the only place where Achilles could be hurt?

• His brain

• His heart

• His eyes

• His heel

• His stomach

6) Who was the greatest warrior of the Trojan army?

• Achilles

• Priam

• Ajax

• Hector

• Paris

7) True or False: The Greek gods just observed the Trojan War, but never got directly involved in the fighting.

• TRUE

• FALSE

8) How did the Greeks finally defeat the Trojans?

• By waiting until the Trojans ran out of food and were starving

• By storming the walls using siege engines

• By hiding in a giant horse that the Trojans thought was a gift

• By convincing Zeus to use lighting bolts to knock down the main gate of the city

• They did not defeat the Trojans, the Trojans won the war

9) Who came up with the idea of the Trojan horse?

• Hercules

• Achilles

• Menelaus

• Agamemnon

• Odysseus

10) Who was Agamemnon?

• The king of Sparta

• The general of the Greek army

• The father of Helen of Troy

• The greatest warrior for Troy

• The hero who defeated Hector