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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the character that is perceptive enough to notice a softening in the ship captain's attitude?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Hessia.
(d) Helen.

2. Who sacks the city of Sion?
(a) Helen.
(b) Paris.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Priam.

3. Who sends a wedding gift of an Arabian mare?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Tyndareus.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Theseus.

4. Whose name means final battle?
(a) Hellespont.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Hermione.
(d) Telemachus.

5. Who is considered more intelligent than all the suitors combined?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Odysseus.

6. What is the dream the visionary character has of the Trojan prince?
(a) The Trojan prince dies in a war.
(b) The Trojan prince is betrayed by a loved one.
(c) The Trojan prince is seated cross-legged on cushions on a ship with a beautiful blonde woman playing a flute.
(d) The Trojan prince fights and fails.

7. Which character symbolizes the peaceful life of the queen in Sparta and her royal duty to her husband?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Hessia.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Hermione.

8. Whose violent deaths make the Greek king lose his desire to rule?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Helen's brothers.
(d) Odysseus.

9. Who is pleased to have the Trojan prince stay?
(a) Hermione and Penelope.
(b) Menelaus and Helen.
(c) Helen and Odysseus.
(d) Menelaus and Penelope.

10. Who has hairy arms?
(a) Helen.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Menelaus.

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

12. In Part 1, Chapter 4, what does the king do that reveals his wisdom?
(a) He chooses not to wage war.
(b) He teaches the young woman to commandeer a ship to escape.
(c) He teaches the young woman to recognize, appreciate, and harness her beauty and its power over other people.
(d) He is willing to compromise with his foes.

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

14. Who inherits both a wife and a kingdom?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Tyndareus.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Theseus.

15. Who will come to negotiate the release of the Spartan queen?
(a) Nestor, Odysseus, and Menelaus.
(b) Penelope, Odysseus, and Helen.
(c) Hector, Cassandra, and Paris.
(d) Cassandra, Helenus, and Priam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theory of the twins' special gift?

2. Who lies around the city steeped in blood in the dream?

3. Where does Helen's sadness stem from?

4. Which character is most distraught about the conflict?

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

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