The Close of the War

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6^th Grade English

Review Sheet

Trojan War: The Close of the War

Match the names with the descriptions.

1.	Memnon	___	a.	Friend of Heracles and former companion of Odysseus. Marooned on an island, he owns the Bow of Heracles.
2.	Palladium	___	b.	Captive of Ajax. Ajax had promised to marry her. She was rescued by Teucer after Ajax died.
3.	Penthesilea	___	c.	Wooden image of Athene which stands in the temple in the middle of Troy. Troy cannot fall while it stands there.
4.	Philoctetes	___	d.	Son of Achilles and Deidamia, who joins the Greeks and helps Odysseus recover the Bow of Heracles from Philoctetes.
5.	Pyrrhus	___	e.	Wife of Antenor and priestess of the temple of Athene where the Palladium stands.
6.	Telamon	___	f.	Father of Ajax and Teucer, an ambitious and cold man.
7.	Tecmessa	___	g.	Queen of the Amazons and an ally of Troy.
8.	Theano		h.	King of the Ethiopians. His parents were the goddess of Dawn and Priam’s brother Tithonus

1) Who does Penthesilea kill, and who kills her?

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2) Why does Achilles say, “The price of glory is high indeed, for it is always bought by death?”

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3) Who wins the battle between Memnon and Achilles, and how does Achilles die?

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4) Why is Odysseus (rather than Ajax) given the armor of Achilles?

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5) What is Agamemnon’s reason for arguing that Ajax should not be buried?

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6) How does Odysseus know that Pyrrhus is Achilles’ son when he sees him?

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7) Why does Philoctetes hate Odysseus?

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8) Why does Philoctetes go along with Odysseus and Pyrrhus in the end?

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9) Why does Oenone refuse to cure Paris?

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10) What story does Odysseus use in order to sneak into Troy in disguise?

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11) How does Diomede trick Odysseus when they are stealing the Palladium?

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12) In “The Close of the War,” Odysseus is tricky in many ways. The Greeks seem to admire him for this. Tell a story set in modern times about someone being as tricky as Odysseus.

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