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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character goes disguised as a famous cousin and leads forces into battle?
(a) Hector.
(b) Patroclus.
(c) Paris.
(d) Achilles.

2. Who becomes worried because of the death of the courageous cousin?
(a) Paris.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Patroclus.

3. What is the story told about the birth of the Trojan prince?
(a) The Trojan prince was spirited away by demons and forced to live sequestered on an island till he was rescued as an adolescent.
(b) The Trojan prince was left on a mountainside because of a dream his mother had of burning sticks and cared for by a shepherd until he returned to Troy and won the annual games and confessed his royal birth.
(c) When the Trojan prince was born, his parents both were murdered and he was left an orphan.
(d) The Trojan prince was conceived in a lake and was the son of Zeus.

4. Who is hostile towards the Spartan queen?
(a) Hector.
(b) Antimachus.
(c) Andromache.
(d) Cassandra.

5. To whom is the Grecian queen attracted?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Paris.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Hector.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason the queen feels compelled to abandon her home?

2. Which army burns ships?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 5, with whom do the Trojans want to forge alliances?

4. Who is the character most moved by the arrival of the Trojan prince?

5. Who is the character that is invited to Sparta for talks?

(see the answer key)

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