Question 1

Hektor's people call his son Astyanax, which means lord of the city.

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true

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false

Question 2

Hektor's worst fear is that the Trojans will encounter much pain in war.

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false

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true

Question 3

Odysseus successfully persuades Achilleus to rejoin the fight.

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false

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true

Question 4

Hektor acquires Achilleus' armor after he kills Achilleus in battle.

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false

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true

Question 5

Thetis wishes her son would not rejoin the war in fear of him losing his life.

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false

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true

Question 6

The two cities represented on Achilleus' new shield are located in Greece.

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false

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true

Question 7

Books 6 & 18 reveal Hektor and Achilleus as loyal and sentimental.

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true

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false

Question 8

What is one of the main themes in Book 6?

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Warriors are expected to bring honor to themselves and their families.

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Demigods receive special privileges from the immortals.

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Guilt and regret come after making unwise decisions.

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There are consequences to disobeying the gods.

Question 9

Which of the following is the best example of foil?

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Hektor is honorable and brave by fighting with his men and for his city; Paris is irresponsible and cowardly because he hides with Helen inside the safe palace walls.

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Thetis urges Achilleus to wait to return to the battlefield. She uses logic when making decisions, unlike Achilleus who relies on emotions.

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Both Andromache and Hektor worry for her and their son's fates after Hektor's death because he will no longer be able to protect them.

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Hektor cannot persuade Paris to rejoin the war out of shame, but Helen is able to do so because Paris is willing to do anything she says.

Question 10

Choose the best answer: Which of the following statements best captures the core meaning of these lines from Book 6? "All these / things are in my mind also, lady; yet I would feel deep shame / before the Trojans...if like a coward I were to shrink aside from the fighting; / and the spirit will not let me, since I have learned to be valiant / and to fight always among the foremost ranks of the Trojans."

Accepted Answer

Although Hektor worries about his family's future, he will never back down from fighting because dying heroically in battle is honorable.

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Hektor isn't concerned for his family, but only for his city and men.

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Achilleus realizes he has been blinded with pride and agrees to rejoin the Achaians in battle against the Trojans.

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Hektor fears for his wife's safety and agrees that his family comes first, even above the other warriors and city.

Question 11

Which of the following is the best example of logos?

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Hektor claims it isn't fair that Paris retires in the comfort of his own home with his wife while others are out fighting the battle he started.

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Achilleus speaks to his mother about his sorrow, anger, and guilt over Patroklos' death, and he promises to avenge Patroklos.

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Hektor asks the handmaidens to truthfully tell him where his wife has gone because he fears for her safety.

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Hektor turns down Helen's request and says that he longs to defend Troy because the men rely on him as a strong leader.

Question 12

What motifs are depicted in the King's estate with the agricultural scenes?

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hard work and cheer

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strife and death

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sadness and defeat

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order and chaos

Question 13

By placing the Ocean River on the outer rim of the epic hero's new shield, what did Hephaistos symbolize with the shield.

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the whole world

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Hektor's past life

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Achilleus' future

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the immortal lifestyle

Question 14

What inference can be made about Trojan women based on the following line: "Or has she gone to the house of Athene, where all the other / lovely-haired women of Troy propitiate the grim goddess?"

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Trojan women tried to appease the goddess in hopes that she would aid their men in battle.

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Trojan women were expected to visit the gods' and goddess' temples several times a day.

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Trojan women disobeyed their husbands by leaving the house and disrespecting the goddess of warfare.

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Trojan women were supposed to look pretty for Athene and the other immortals.

Question 15

Identify three examples of the warrior code.

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Achilleus receives Briseis as a war-prize, recognition for his achievements in battle

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Paris wallows in his sorrow inside his home while other men fight in his place.

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Hektor strips Patroklos of his armor and then wears the stolen armor.

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Andromache tries to persuade her husband to stay home with his family instead of fighting with his men.

Question 16

Identify three examples of pathos.

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Andromache pleas to Hektor to stay within the walls of Troy, highlighting her sorrow for having no one but Hektor to rely on now

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Odysseus tells Achilles that if he rejoins the Achaians, Agamemnon has agreed to give him back Briseis, along with numerous other prizes.

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Hektor responds to Andromache, "The spirit will not let me [sit out of fighting] since I have learned to... / always fight among the forefronts of the Trojans."

Question 17

Which two words are associated with Trojans?

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Phrygians

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Achaeans

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Danaans

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Argives

Question 18

Which three details support Hektor's fate?

Accepted Answer

Hektor tells Andromache, "And for you it will be yet a fresh grief, / to be widowed of such a man who could fight off the day of your slavery."

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Feeling hurt, dishonored, and angry, he refuses to help the Achaians win the war.

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Hephaistos states, "I wish that I could hide him away from death and its sorrow / at that time when his hard fate comes upon him."

Question 19

Which fickle god aids the Trojans in battle?

Accepted Answer

ARES

Question 20

Who accepts Paris' challenge in a duel to the death?

Accepted Answer

Menelaus

Question 21

Match each character to their stock epithet.

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