View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes transformed from a demanding, nail-biting, impatient person to a graceful and alluring person?
(a) Servant girl.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Helen.
(d) Demeter.

2. What is considered forbidden fruit?
(a) Taking possession of the Grecian kingdom covertly.
(b) The clandestine relationship of Helen, the wife of Menelaus, with Paris.
(c) Honeyed wine that is only given to the gods.
(d) Penelope whom the Trojan prince pursues.

3. Who exerts a power over the queen that cannot be stopped?
(a) Helen and Penelope.
(b) Aphrodite and Paris.
(c) Menelaus and Odysseus.
(d) Hermione and Hessia.

4. Who prevents an actual physical fight between the two disputing parties?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Odysseus.

5. Which army burns ships?
(a) Trojan forces.
(b) King Agamemnon and his troops.
(c) Spartan forces.
(d) Phoenician traders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is afraid of the gift that the Greeks left behind?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 5, who stalls making a decision on marriage by staging hunts instead?

3. Who are the characters fighting in a duel?

4. Who makes fun of the warrior that disappeared?

5. Which character's complexity is revealed with contrasting sides to his personality?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 191 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample