You Must Know the Following Terms and Individuals

World Literature

Assessment 1 Study Guide

EQ: How do I prepare for an exam to demonstrate what I have learned?

You will find in your textbook, pages 360-408.

You must know the following terms and individuals (see page 363, Characters)

1.  Greeks - Who are they? (also known as Achaeans, Danaans and Argives)

2.  Trojans – Who are the Trojans? (also know as Dardanians and Phrygians)

3.  Menelaus –

4.  Apollo –

5.  Thetis -

6.  Athena -

7.  Hecuba –

8.  Andromache -

9.  Hera –

10. Paris –

11. Helen -

12. Patroclus -

13. Aphrodite – in relation to the apple of discord

14. Agamemnon -

15. Hector –

16. Priam –

17. Achilles –

18. Zeus -

19. Astynanax –

20. Chryseis –

21. Briseis –

22. Peleus-

23. Calchas-

24. Hephaestus-

25. Deiphobus-

TERMS TO KNOW w/ Examples from Iliad:

26. Epic poem (pg. 14) -

27. epic conventions (pg. 15) –

28. invocation of the muse –

29. in medias res –

30. epic simile –

31. epithets –examples for:

a.  Achilles

b.  Apollo

c.  Hector

d.  Athena

e.  Hera

f.  Zeus

32. Patronymics –

33. How does The Iliad begin?

Book 1

34. What are the conditions under which Agamemnon will return the Chryseis?

35. What does Achilles offer Agamemnon to appease him?

36. What act does Agamemnon plan to enrage Achilles?

37. What was Apollo’s response (the god of Chryseis) to Agamemnon’s taunting of Chryseis?

38. Which goddess tries to prevent blood from being spilled between Achilles and Agamemnon?

39. After Agamemnon follows through with his revenge what is Achilles’ response?

40. Why does Achilles want Zeus to allow the Greeks to die in battle?

Books 6, 22 & 24

41. What is the relationship between Hector and Andromache like?

42. What spurs Achilles back into battle? Explain

43. List the details of Hector’s final battle with Achilles

44. The gods intervene in Achilles’s inappropriate treatment of Hector by:

45. How does Priam appeal to Achilles?

46. What act of hospitality does Achilles offer Priam?

47. In what condition is Hector’s body when finally returned to Troy?

48. In addition to giving Hector to his father, Achilles grants Priam a ______day truce to perform Hector’s funeral.

49. How does The Iliad end?

ELACC9-10RL Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters,and advance the plot or develop the theme.ELACC9-10RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text,

including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone