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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character disappears when dust obscures vision of the field?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Hector.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Paris.

2. Who is the girl desired by the king?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Polyxena.
(c) Briseis.
(d) Helen.

3. Who has a painful vision of the death of a Trojan prince?
(a) Paris.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Helen.

4. Which character warns the women of the duel?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Hector.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Achilles.

5. Which character breaks the truce by wounding the Spartan king?
(a) Paris.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Hector.
(d) An archer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sacks the city of Sion?

2. What wedding gift is considered ominous?

3. What do the women do when there is a lull in the battle?

4. Who acts generously when the ransom is brought and deflects conflict?

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

(see the answer key)

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