Test yourself on The Iliad: 30 quiz questions with the answer explained, and 39 flashcards on the characters, places, themes and turning points. Free, no sign-up.
Why does Achilles withdraw from the fighting?
Who prevents Achilles from killing Agamemnon during their quarrel?
How do the soldiers respond when Agamemnon tests them by proposing retreat?
Who restores order when the Achaeans prepare to leave?
Who rescues Alexandrus from Menelaus during their duel?
What breaks the truce between the armies?
Which goddess does Diomed wound while she protects Aeneas?
Why do Diomed and Glaucus exchange armor instead of fighting?
What ends the duel between Ajax and Hector?
Why do the Trojans camp on the plain after their advance?
How does Achilles respond to Agamemnon's offer of gifts?
Who accompanies Diomed on his night scouting mission?
What do Diomed and Ulysses bring back from their raid?
What does Nestor urge Patroclus to ask Achilles for?
How does Hector break through the Achaean gates?
Who secretly strengthens the Achaeans while Jove looks away?
Why does Juno arrange for Jove to sleep?
Whom does Jove send to strengthen Hector?
What limit does Achilles place on Patroclus's mission?
Who delivers the fatal blow to Patroclus?
Who takes and wears Achilles' armor after Patroclus dies?
What warning does Achilles accept when he resolves to kill Hector?
Who makes Achilles' new armor?
What does Achilles do before returning to battle?
Who rescues Aeneas from his duel with Achilles?
Why does Scamander attack Achilles?
How does Minerva persuade Hector to face Achilles?
What does Patroclus's ghost ask Achilles to do?
Who guides Priam unseen through the Achaean camp?
What does Achilles grant along with the return of Hector's body?
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