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Test your knowledge of the Trojans and the Greeks in our quiz inspired by Homer's classics.

1) What are the names of Achilles's parents?
Zeus and Hera

Peleus and Thetis

Priam and Hecuba

Odysseus and Penelope

2) Which well-known British actress plays the part of Achilles's mother in the new film Troy?
Emma Thompson

Judi Dench

Julie Christie

Helen Mirren

3) What is the cause of Achilles's anger with Agamemnon, which has led to his withdrawal from the fighting?
Agamemnon has stolen his 'prize of war' the girl Briseis

Achilles is in love with Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra

They have had a disagreement about battle tactics

Agamemnon has insulted Achilles's friend Patroclus

4) True or False: Homer's Iliad was the first book ever published by Penguin Classics.
True

False

5) Which of these famous Trojans is not a sibling of Hector's?
Paris

Cassandra

Hecuba

Creusa

6) What is the special significance of Aeneas in the legend of the Trojan war?
He is responsible for the death of Achilles

He kills more Greeks than any other Trojan warrior

His descendants are the founders of Rome

He foresees the destruction of Troy

7) The story of which other recent major film was inspired by Homer?
Cold Mountain

21 Grams

The Last Samurai

Kill Bill

8) Why do we use the expression 'Achilles heel' to mean a weak spot?
Achilles once sustained a very bad injury to his heel

Achilles was invulnerable in every other part of his body

Achilles always killed his opponents by a shot to the heel

The expression is unrelated to Homer, and is inspired by a totally different Achilles

9) The Trojan princess Cassandra is cursed. How?
She can foresee the future, but no-one will ever believe her

She is immortal, but is doomed to have all her loved ones killed by the Greeks

She brings bad luck to anyone who falls in love with her

She can communicate only with the dead

10) What is the name of Hector and Andromache's baby son?
Troilus

Pyrrhus

Astyanax

Menelaus

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