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6. Who is the guide to Priam?
7. Who persuades Zeus to that Achilles must let Hector's body must be ransomed
8. Who protects Hectors body?
- Zeus
- One of the slaves
- Apollo
- Hera
9. When do they burn the pyre?
- 13th day
- 10th day
- 12th day
- 9th day
10. Where does Priam sleep? Why is this a bad idea?
- With Hector; he may be subject to humiliation and violence
- Protected by Hermes;Achilles could get angry and refuse to give Hector back
- In Achilles tent; because he is sleeping among the enemy
- Outisde; there are lots of wolves and wild animals
11. What relation does Achilles have to Thetis?
- Patron
- Mother
- Brother
- None
12. Who goes to Priam to tell him to beg Achilles for Hector's body?
13. Who is Achilles mourning at the beginning of the book?
- Priam
- Hector
- Patroclus
- His father
14. Who tells him where he is sleeping is a bad idea
- Achilles
- Zeus-in a dream
- Hermes
- Hecuba
15. How does Priam beg Achilles
- Frustratedly; asking him to think of Hector's mother
- Tearfully; asking him to think of his own father
- Violently; knocking him out and taking the body
- Angrily;asking him to think of his frustration
16. How does this person protect Hector's body?
- By spilling ichor on it
- By visiting it every night and tending to it
- By covering it with the aegis
- By making sure Achilles doesn't abuse it too much
17. What does Priam bring on his journey?
- treasure, a driver and a guide.
- lots of help form his sons, treasure, a driver
- Plentiful food and drink, his other sons and aegis
- Aegis, a magic compass, food
18. Who does Zeus send to bring the news to Achilles?
- Apollo
- Thetis
- Hermes
- Iris
