Inside the Walls of Troy Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Clemence McLaren
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Inside the Walls of Troy Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Part 1, Chapter 5, who stalls making a decision on marriage by staging hunts instead?
(a) Tyndareus.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Menelaus.

4. What does the act of growing a beard signify in Greek culture?
(a) That a young man is old enough to marry.
(b) That a man is ready for battle.
(c) That a young man is old enough to train as a warrior.
(d) That a warrior has given up battle and was settling into domestic life.

5. Who leads the Greek delegation in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Paris.
(b) Priam.
(c) King Nestor of Pylos.
(d) Phoenician traders.

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

7. Who are the characters who bring the ransom?
(a) Helen's parents.
(b) Clytemnestra and Menelaus.
(c) Theseus' son.
(d) Helen's brothers.

8. Who further agitates discussions and serves as a mouthpiece for the Trojan prince?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Antimachus.

9. What is the story told about the birth of the Trojan prince?
(a) The Trojan prince was conceived in a lake and was the son of Zeus.
(b) The Trojan prince was left on a mountainside because of a dream his mother had of burning sticks and cared for by a shepherd until he returned to Troy and won the annual games and confessed his royal birth.
(c) The Trojan prince was spirited away by demons and forced to live sequestered on an island till he was rescued as an adolescent.
(d) When the Trojan prince was born, his parents both were murdered and he was left an orphan.

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

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

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

13. Who is surprised by the reactions of the peasants when they climb aboard the golden chariot?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Piraeus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Tyndareus.

14. To whom is the Grecian queen attracted?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Hector.
(d) Paris.

15. Who is distraught about leaving a child behind?
(a) Paris.
(b) Hessia.
(c) Hermione.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is destined to have a stillborn child?

2. Whose love does the queen now understand?

3. Who exerts a power over the queen that cannot be stopped?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 4, what does the king do that reveals his wisdom?

5. What is the reason the queen feels compelled to abandon her home?

(see the answer keys)

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