ECU CLAS 2000: TEST 1 (UNITS 1-5) QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
Which of the following is probably a poor assumption about the way Homer
uses the gods in the Iliad? Answer - that he means to show that human beings
never make their own decisions and everything is fated
How does the single combat end in Iliad Bk VII? Answer - they become friends
and exchange presents
What is the timê in Iliad's Timocracy? Answer - honor
Which of these was a geras? Answer - Briseis
What is the first word of the Iliad in Greek? Answer - wrath
Who rescues Paris from death in his battle against Menelaus? Answer -
Aphrodite
When did Homer live? Answer - 750-700 BC
How do the single combat and the funeral truce at the end of Iliad Bk VII
suggest the meaning of Homer's name? Answer - the men are united together
in peace and respecting a truce.
, Who sits beside Priam in the Teichoskopeia? Answer - Helen
What does Helen suggest that Paris do when they reunite in Iliad 3? Answer -
immediately challenge Menelaus to another duel
Which god sends a plague upon the Greeks that forces the return of Chryseis?
Answer - Apollo
Which of these does Achilles not know about the similarity between himself
and the speaker's staff in Iliad 1 ('dramatic irony' - something we know that he
does not)? Answer - .
Achilles' anger is a dead thing, and he will regret it
Which god restrains Achilles from killing Agamemnon? Answer - Athena
Which two warriors engage in single combat in Iliad Bk VII? Answer - Ajax and
Hector
What does Achilles do that probably answers why his death 'follows
immediately after' Hector's? Answer - drags Hector around Troy by the heels
What concept does Achilles' phrase 'But for now let me seize great glory'
illustrate? Answer - aristeia
Who dies wearing the old armor of Achilles? Answer - both Patrouls and
Hector
Who made the shield of Achilles? Answer - Hephaistus
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
Which of the following is probably a poor assumption about the way Homer
uses the gods in the Iliad? Answer - that he means to show that human beings
never make their own decisions and everything is fated
How does the single combat end in Iliad Bk VII? Answer - they become friends
and exchange presents
What is the timê in Iliad's Timocracy? Answer - honor
Which of these was a geras? Answer - Briseis
What is the first word of the Iliad in Greek? Answer - wrath
Who rescues Paris from death in his battle against Menelaus? Answer -
Aphrodite
When did Homer live? Answer - 750-700 BC
How do the single combat and the funeral truce at the end of Iliad Bk VII
suggest the meaning of Homer's name? Answer - the men are united together
in peace and respecting a truce.
, Who sits beside Priam in the Teichoskopeia? Answer - Helen
What does Helen suggest that Paris do when they reunite in Iliad 3? Answer -
immediately challenge Menelaus to another duel
Which god sends a plague upon the Greeks that forces the return of Chryseis?
Answer - Apollo
Which of these does Achilles not know about the similarity between himself
and the speaker's staff in Iliad 1 ('dramatic irony' - something we know that he
does not)? Answer - .
Achilles' anger is a dead thing, and he will regret it
Which god restrains Achilles from killing Agamemnon? Answer - Athena
Which two warriors engage in single combat in Iliad Bk VII? Answer - Ajax and
Hector
What does Achilles do that probably answers why his death 'follows
immediately after' Hector's? Answer - drags Hector around Troy by the heels
What concept does Achilles' phrase 'But for now let me seize great glory'
illustrate? Answer - aristeia
Who dies wearing the old armor of Achilles? Answer - both Patrouls and
Hector
Who made the shield of Achilles? Answer - Hephaistus
