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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which characters become friends?
(a) King Agamemnon and Hector.
(b) Odysseus and Paris.
(c) Penelope and Clytemnestra.
(d) Helen and Cassandra.

2. Which character describes what is contained inside the gift?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Deiphobus.
(d) Helenus.

3. Who strikes a bargain to escape the fate of the Trojans?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Helenus.

4. What is sent back to the Greek camp to be sacrificed?
(a) A thousand goats.
(b) Twelve noblemen.
(c) The head of a lion.
(d) Two Trojan leaders.

5. What happens when the contest is halted?
(a) Paris attacks when the men are sleeping.
(b) The two men go to the tower to fight in secret.
(c) The two men exchange gifts and retire.
(d) Achilles attacks when the men are sleeping.

6. Which character goes disguised as a famous cousin and leads forces into battle?
(a) Hector.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Patroclus.

7. Who treats a wound from a spear inflicted on a sibling?
(a) Paris.
(b) Helenus.
(c) Hector.
(d) Cassandra.

8. Who leaves behind a gift of a horse?
(a) Hector.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Greek army.

9. Who becomes worried because of the death of the courageous cousin?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Patroclus.
(d) Cassandra.

10. How long does the Greek warrior circle the city walls after the death of the Trojan prince?
(a) A month.
(b) Twelve days.
(c) Five nights.
(d) Three days.

11. Who sails up the Hellespont to raid Thrace?
(a) Achilles and his battalion of Myrmidons.
(b) King Agamemnon and his troops.
(c) Paris and his archers.
(d) Hector and his army.

12. Who supposedly sent the dust storm?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Helen.
(d) Paris.

13. In Part 2, Chapter 10, which character appears cowardly?
(a) Hector.
(b) Andromache.
(c) Paris.
(d) Cassandra.

14. Whose knowledge of the Greek hero's weakness leads to his defeat?
(a) Helen.
(b) Polyxena.
(c) Hector.
(d) Cassandra.

15. Where do the Trojan citizens escape to hide?
(a) The temple of Athena.
(b) The caves in the hills.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The underground passage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is assisted by the heroic character to safety immediately?

2. Who is the character that is taunted into a duel?

3. Who encourages single combat to end the war?

4. Who bristles at the idea of marriage to the legendary Greek hero?

5. Who escapes and builds the city of Rome?

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