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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reason the Grecian king might consider going to war?
(a) To deflect criticism from his court.
(b) To stop paying double the price for goods on which Troy has levied taxes.
(c) To open trade negotiations.
(d) To defend their troops in Asia.

2. Who is the character that kidnaps a twelve-year old as ransom in gold?
(a) Helen.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Paris.

3. What does Aphrodite apparently promise the Trojan prince?
(a) If Aphrodite becomes the winner of a contest among three goddesses, she will give Helen to the Trojan prince.
(b) If Aphrodite is made queen of Sparta, she will grant the Trojan prince anything he desires.
(c) Aphrodite promises the Trojan prince that he will win any war he fights.
(d) Aphrodite promises that the Trojan prince will be eternally youthful.

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

5. What is the plan offered in the men's hall to choose the suitor?
(a) All suitors must promise to defend the king all their lives if they want to be considered.
(b) All the men who wish to be considered as suitors must swear oaths to protect the winner as blood brothers for the rest of their lives.
(c) All suitors must forsake all gambling and drinking forever if they want to be considered.
(d) The man who can fight off all the other suitors single-handedly will win the hand of the bride.

6. Which character joyfully shares stories of love after marriage?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Helen.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Theseus.

7. Who encourages the young woman to marry the younger brother of the King of Greece?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Helen.

8. Which character gives the bride advice to be happy with what she has received?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Tyndareus.

9. Who takes the palace treasury on to a ship?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Priam.

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

11. What location is built of rock and considered an impenetrable fortress?
(a) Acropolis.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Troy.
(d) Piraeus.

12. What area is the gateway to Asia Minor?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Troy.
(c) Hellespont.
(d) Athens.

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

14. Who is the character that does not believe the legend of Zeus becoming a swan to mate with mortal women?
(a) Paris.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Tyndareus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is distraught about leaving a child behind?

2. Who is surprised by the reactions of the peasants when they climb aboard the golden chariot?

3. Which character notices a shifting mood in the Trojan warriors?

4. To whom is the Grecian queen attracted?

5. What is considered forbidden fruit?

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