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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are some of the warriors hidden for a surprise attack?
(a) Paris, Helenus, and Cassandra.
(b) Achilles, Hector, and Priam.
(c) Odysseus, Ajax, and Menelaus.
(d) Deiphobus, Priam, and Hector.

2. Where is the new capital of Troy built?
(a) Athens.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Aurelia.
(d) Buthrotum.

3. Who ties a naked body to a chariot and drives around the city walls?
(a) Patroclus.
(b) Hector.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Achilles.

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

5. Which character takes ten years to finally return home?
(a) Homer.
(b) Helen.
(c) Paris.
(d) Odysseus.

6. Which character is sewing and avoiding any fearful thoughts?
(a) Helen.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Priam.
(d) Andromache.

7. Which character must distract Menelaus in order to escape destruction?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Hermione.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Helen.

8. Who is told by an oracle to sacrifice a daughter?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) King Agamemnon.
(c) Helen.
(d) Paris.

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

10. Who shoots an arrow that renders the Greek hero vulnerable?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Helenus.
(c) Hector.
(d) Paris.

11. Which characters scheme against the Greek warrior by playing upon his attraction to a young princess?
(a) Cassandra and Polyxena.
(b) Helen and Polyxena.
(c) Penelope and Helen.
(d) Cassandra and Helen.

12. Who is the girl desired by the king?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Briseis.
(c) Polyxena.
(d) Helen.

13. Which character will be the advocate for the Trojans to the Spartan king?
(a) Helen.
(b) Helenus.
(c) Hermione.
(d) Cassandra.

14. Which army burns ships?
(a) Trojan forces.
(b) Spartan forces.
(c) Phoenician traders.
(d) King Agamemnon and his troops.

15. Who is happy to see the leader of the Trojan army is safe?
(a) Andromache.
(b) Helen.
(c) Priam.
(d) Hector.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who runs past sleeping servants in a royal mansion and sees soldiers stealthily emerging outside?

2. Who emerges as a confident and heroic character that makes courageous choices?

3. Where does the royal family gather to see the enemy ships arrive?

4. Which character describes what is contained inside the gift?

5. In the Author's Epilogue, who is the character who surprisingly returns to Sparta?

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