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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aphrodite apparently promise the Trojan prince?
(a) If Aphrodite becomes the winner of a contest among three goddesses, she will give Helen to the Trojan prince.
(b) If Aphrodite is made queen of Sparta, she will grant the Trojan prince anything he desires.
(c) Aphrodite promises that the Trojan prince will be eternally youthful.
(d) Aphrodite promises the Trojan prince that he will win any war he fights.

2. Who is tormented by terrible visions?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Helen.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Helenus.

3. What location is built of rock and considered an impenetrable fortress?
(a) Piraeus.
(b) Acropolis.
(c) Troy.
(d) Sparta.

4. Who takes the palace treasury on to a ship?
(a) Helen.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Priam.

5. Who acts generously when the ransom is brought and deflects conflict?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Helen.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Menelaus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason the Grecian king might consider going to war?

2. What are the bitter choices facing the queen if she departs?

3. What is the name of the child born to the rulers of Sparta?

4. Who packs to leave despite objections from the nurse in Part 1, Chapter 12?

5. What is the sign Aphrodite sends?

(see the answer key)

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