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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who refuses to listen to the visionary character?
(a) Helen.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Trojans.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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) Hessia.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Helen.

8. Where does Helen's sadness stem from?
(a) She is growing old.
(b) She fears losing her independence.
(c) She realizes she will never have the love from any of her suitors that her friend Penelope has with Odysseus.
(d) She does not like war.

9. Who does not swear the oath of the suitors?
(a) Paris.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Priam.

10. Which character is shunned by the royal family?
(a) Helenus.
(b) Paris.
(c) Helen.
(d) Cassandra.

11. Who sees the fleeing lovers at the temple of Aphrodite?
(a) Phoenician traders.
(b) Priam.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Menelaus.

12. What wedding gift is considered ominous?
(a) The gift of the circular mirror in the shape of Aphrodite.
(b) The four matching chariot horses.
(c) The thousand goats.
(d) The Arabian white mare.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character evokes empathy in the reader?

2. Who is pleased by the arrival of the Spartan queen?

3. What is considered forbidden fruit?

4. Who is hostile towards the Spartan queen?

5. Who are the characters who bring the ransom?

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