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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is most distraught about the conflict?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Helen.

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

3. Who is the character who defeated the bull of Crete in combat and became famous?
(a) Helen.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Paris.

4. Who interrupts the suitors in the men's hall to present a plan for choosing the winning suitor?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Tyndareus.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Odysseus.

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

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

7. What is revealed about women in Greek society in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Women become slaves of their husbands.
(b) Women marry younger men of their own choice.
(c) Women are deceitful and power-hungry.
(d) Women are considered objects of beauty and lack power over their own lives.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Who is this character that plays knucklebones with a cousin and does not want to give up childish things such as running down to see the new foal in the stable?
(a) Helen.
(b) Hessia.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Penelope.

14. Which character runs to share a vision to a sibling?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Helen.

15. Who does not notice the covert flirtation occurring at the king's dinner table?
(a) Helen.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Paris.
(d) Priam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is shunned by the royal family?

2. Which character charms everyone in Troy?

3. Who is the character that is perceptive enough to notice a softening in the ship captain's attitude?

4. Who is distraught about leaving a child behind?

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

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