The Iliad

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult

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1. B (Book 1)

2. A (Book 3)

3. C (Book 1)

4. D (All books)

5. B (Book 5)

6. A (Book 6)

7. B (Book 7)

8. C (Books 9-12)

9. D (Book 24)

10. A (Book 22)

11. B (Book 23)

12. A (Book 18)

13. C (Books 9, 13, and 14)

14. B (Books 1 and 9)

15. A (All books)

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1. Students could discuss how Zeus and Agamemnon are both the eldest and therefore take control of situations. Even though Menelaus was the one whose wife was stolen, Agamemnon takes charge, just as Zeus takes the lead among the gods. Additionally, Agamemnon believes that everyone must defer to him and is unafraid of exacting his revenge. (Books 1-4)

2. The gods use the mist to hide their involvement in the war and to manipulate events. Zeus uses the mist to hide Patroclus’s body so that it isn’t desecrated while Athena allows Diomedes to see through the mist so that he can see the gods on the battlefield.