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Achilles' heel - Quiz
  • 1. What does the expression 'Achilles' heel' signify?
A) A weakness despite overall strength
B) A character trait of Hector
C) A physical injury to the foot
D) A legendary weapon used in battle
  • 2. Where does the death of Achilles occur in Homer's Iliad?
A) During the duel with Paris
B) It does not occur in the Iliad
C) In the final chapter
D) At the gates of Troy
  • 3. Who predicted the death of Achilles in the Iliad?
A) Peleus
B) Paris
C) Hector
D) Thetis
  • 4. What is suggested as a reason for the Iliad suppressing the myth of Achilles' death?
A) To hide the role of the gods
B) To make the story shorter
C) To protect the reputation of Paris
D) To emphasize human mortality
  • 5. Who shot the arrow that killed Achilles?
A) Paris
B) Apollo
C) Hector
D) Peleus
  • 6. What substance might have been on the arrow that killed Achilles?
A) Poison
B) Fire
C) Ambrosia
D) River water
  • 7. How did Thetis attempt to make Achilles immortal in the hearth fire myth?
A) By using a magic spell
B) By dipping him in oil
C) By feeding him ambrosia
D) By burning away his mortality
  • 8. Why was the ritual in the hearth fire left incomplete?
A) Thetis forgot the spell
B) Peleus interrupted the ritual
C) The hearth went out
D) Achilles refused to stay in the fire
  • 9. According to the river Styx myth, how did Thetis hold Achilles?
A) By his torso
B) By his arm
C) By his heel
D) By his ankle
  • 10. Which part of the body is referred to as the 'talus' in research regarding the myth?
A) The soleus
B) The astragalos
C) The calf muscle
D) The Achilles tendon
  • 11. When does the idiomatic use of 'Achilles' heel' date to?
A) 1810
B) 1840
C) Ancient Greek times
D) 1693
  • 12. Who used the expression 'Ireland, that vulnerable heel of the British Achilles!'?
A) Homer
B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C) Paris
D) Philip Verheyen
  • 13. Which muscles are connected by the Achilles tendon?
A) Gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris
B) Quadriceps and hamstrings
C) Femur and tibia
D) Biceps and triceps
  • 14. Who wrote the oldest-known written record of the name 'Achilles tendon'?
A) Thetis
B) Philip Verheyen
C) Homer
D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • 15. In what year did Philip Verheyen record the name 'cord of Achilles'?
A) 1840
B) 1693
C) 1810
D) 1750
  • 16. Why would an injury to the Achilles tendon be unlikely to be fatal without poison?
A) The tendon has no nerve endings
B) Tendons are avascular
C) The tendon is too thick
D) The tendon is protected by bone
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