Chapter- 2.4 The Fall of Troy
1. Question: Whose heel is mentioned in the passage?
Answer: Achilles’ heel is mentioned.
2. Question: Which part of Achilles’ body could be wounded?
Answer: Only his heel.
3. Question: Why was the heel special?
Answer: Because it was the only vulnerable part of Achilles’ body.
4. Question: How was Achilles killed?
Answer: He was killed by a poisoned arrow that struck his heel.
5. Question: Who killed Achilles?
Answer: Paris killed Achilles.
6. Question: What happened to Paris later?
Answer: Paris was also killed later.
7. Question: How did Paris die?
Answer: He died from a poisoned arrow.
8. Question: Who killed Paris?
Answer: A Greek warrior (sometimes said to be Philoctetes) killed Paris.
9. Question: What were the Trojans tired of?
Answer: They were tired of being shut up inside their city.
10. Question: What does “shut up in their city” mean?
Answer: It means trapped or confined within the city walls.
11. Question: Why were the Trojans confined?
Answer: Because of the long war with the Greeks.
12. Question: Who were longing to see their homes again?
Answer: The Greeks were longing to see their homes.
13. Question: What does “longing” mean here?
Answer: It means wishing or desiring deeply.
14. Question: Why did the Greeks want to return home?
Answer: They had been fighting for many years and missed their families.
15. Question: Did the fighting stop?
Answer: No, the fighting continued.
16. Question: What is the tone of the passage?
Answer: The tone is sad and weary.
17. Question: What kind of war is being described?
Answer: The Trojan War.
18. Question: What does the word “poisoned” tell us about the arrow?
Answer: It was coated with poison, making it deadly.
19. Question: Who were the Trojans?
Answer: The people of Troy.
20. Question: Who were the Greeks?
Answer: The enemy army fighting against Troy.
21. Question: What feeling did both sides share at the end?
Answer: Both sides were tired and hopeless.
22. Question: What continued despite their tiredness?
Answer: The war/fighting continued.
23. Question: How many people died because of the poisoned arrows?
Answer: Two people — Achilles and Paris.
24. Question: What does “still later” suggest in the passage?
Answer: It means after some more time had passed.
25. Question: What lesson can be learned from this war?
Answer: Pride and revenge lead to endless suffering.
26. Question: What type of arrow killed both heroes?
Answer: A poisoned arrow.
27. Question: Who suffered the longest in the war?
Answer: Both the Greeks and the Trojans.
28. Question: What were the Greeks longing for?
Answer: To see their homes and families again.
29. Question: What emotion does the word “tired” express?
Answer: Exhaustion and frustration.
30. Question: What does the last line “But still the fighting went on” mean?
Answer: It means that even after great loss and suffering, the war did not stop.
