1) What is the name of the Epic Poem we are preparing to read? a) Mythology b) The Iliad c) Gods and Goddesses d) Historical Fiction 2) Who is credited with writing The Iliad? a) The Odyssey b) A King c) Homer d) Th Greeks e) Odysseus 3) What was a distinguishing feature about Homer, the author of The Iliad? a) He loved writing comdies b) He had a huge scar on his face from his time in war c) He walked with a limp d) He was blind 4) Who was the King of Mycenae (the most powerful city in all of Greece)? a) Peleus b) Agamemnon c) Troy d) Paris e) Achilles f) Odysseus 5) What city was starting to get stronger and stronger during this time period? a) Troy b) Paris c) Mycenae d) Ithaca 6) What body of water seperated Mycenae and Troy? a) The Pacific Ocean b) The Greek Sea c) The Aegean Sea d) The Atlantic Ocean 7) What was the city of Troy known for? a) Iron and weapons b) Horses c) A giant wall surounding the city d) All of the above 8) When I am annotating, what should I do to characters I have just been introduced to? a) Circle them b) Highlight them c) Box them off d) Underline them 9) When I am annotating, what sorts of things should I highlight? a) Literary Elements (setting, conflict, foreshadowing) b) Characters c) New Vocab words  10) When I am annotating, what do I need to do to words I do not know? a) Cross them out b) Box them off c) Circle them AND look them up d) Just circle them e) Pretend I know them and just keep reading 11) True or False: Making Predictions is strictly forbidden! a) True b) False 12) True or False: Predictions ALWAYS have to be correct a) True b) False 13) True or False: Annotating is just highlighting stuff in the text; I do not have to do anything else! a) True b) False 14) Back to Mythology! Who was having a wedding that everyone wanted to go to!? a) Achilles and Iphigenia b) Apollo and Cassandra c) Thetis and Peleus d) Paris and Helen 15) Who did Thetis and Peleus NOT invite to their wedding? a) Eris b) Athena c) Hera d) Aphrodite 16) Why did the happy couple (Thetis & Peleus) not invite Eris to their wedding? a) She was too beautiful, they thought she would steal the bride's thunder b) She was too hedious, they thought she would ruin all the pictures c) She's the goddess of discord and they didn't want any probelms d) She was the goddess of fun and they didn't want their wedding to be too crazy 17) What did Eris do as a result of not being invited to the wedding? a) She showed up anyways to make things really awkward b) She left a golden apple on the table that said "to the fairest" c) She cursed Thetis and Peleus so they could never have children d) She decided to have her own party and not invite Thetis and Peleus 18) Who fought over the golden apple? a) Thetis, Helen, and Penelope b) Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena c) Demeter, Hestia, and Artemis d) Thetis, Hera, Zeus 19) Who was chosen to judge the beauty contest between the 3 goddesses? a) Paris b) Apollo c) Hector d) Achilles 20) Who won the beauty contest? a) Hera b) Athena c) Aphrodite d) Helen 21) What does Paris win as a result of choosing Aphrodite as the winner? a) Money b) Power c) Fame d) Helen, the most beautiful mortal woman in the world 22) What is the name of Thetis and Peleus' baby boy? a) Paris b) Troy c) Achilles d) Heracles 23) Who is the King of Sparta and Helen's husband? a) Agamemnon b) Odysseus c) Menelaus d) Priam 24) Who is Menelaus' VERY POWERFUL brother? a) Priam b) Agamemnon c) Odysseus d) Peleus 25) Who does Helen run away with? a) Agamemnon b) Mycenae c) Paris d) Odysseus

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