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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character charms everyone in Troy?
(a) Priam.
(b) Helen.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Cassandra.

2. Whose love does the queen now understand?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Priam.
(d) Paris.

3. What symbolizes good fortune in Greek culture?
(a) Good weather.
(b) Honeyed wine.
(c) Ships.
(d) Dolphins.

4. Who is promised to Menelaus?
(a) Troy.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Helen.

5. Who is the character that is invited to Sparta for talks?
(a) Paris.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Menelaus.

6. What does the Oracle predict that troubles Penelope?
(a) Her husband will leave to fight in the war and not return home for twenty years.
(b) Her son will die in the upcoming war.
(c) Her best friend will die.
(d) The war will destroy her home.

7. Why is the visionary character shunned by others?
(a) This character is diseased.
(b) This character drinks too much.
(c) This character has unhappy visions that turn out to be true.
(d) This character rambles and is scary in appearance.

8. Who dismisses the visions saying no one will believe them?
(a) Helen.
(b) Paris.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Cassandra.

9. Which character notices a shifting mood in the Trojan warriors?
(a) Antimachus.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Helen.

10. Which character evokes empathy in the reader?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Helenus.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Paris.

11. Who is the leader of the Trojan army?
(a) Hector.
(b) Helenus.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Paris.

12. In Part 2, Chapter 5, with whom do the Trojans want to forge alliances?
(a) Thracian kingdoms.
(b) Athenian kingdoms.
(c) Spartan kingdoms.
(d) Phoenician kingdoms.

13. Which character only shares visions when they lead to good fortune or happiness?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Helenus.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Cassandra.

14. Who predicts that the visionary princess will not have to wed?
(a) Helenus.
(b) King Nestor of Pylos.
(c) Paris.
(d) Phoenician traders.

15. In Part 1, Chapter 4, what is the pivotal act?
(a) The king's decision to abdicate his throne.
(b) The transformation of the young woman into a symbol of power and beauty.
(c) The king's marriage to the young woman.
(d) The young woman's escape aboard a Grecian ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is deeply troubled by the love affair?

2. Who is the character that does not believe the legend of Zeus becoming a swan to mate with mortal women?

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

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

5. Who is hostile towards the Spartan queen?

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