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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character reunites with a daughter after a long time?
(a) Deiphobus.
(b) Helen.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Priam.

2. Who tries to placate the head of the Trojan army?
(a) Hector.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Helen.
(d) Paris.

3. Who is deceptively led away to Aulis?
(a) Helen.
(b) Iphigenia.
(c) King Agamemnon.
(d) Hector.

4. Which character's complexity is revealed with contrasting sides to his personality?
(a) Paris.
(b) Andromache.
(c) Helen.
(d) Cassandra.

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

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

7. Who does not want to hear about the marriage plot?
(a) Hector.
(b) Priam.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Cassandra.

8. Who is the most scorned of Trojan warriors?
(a) Hector.
(b) King Agamemnon.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Paris.

9. Who makes fun of the warrior that disappeared?
(a) Deiphobus.
(b) Helen.
(c) Andromache.
(d) Odysseus.

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

11. Who became invincible by being dipped in the river Styx?
(a) Paris.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Patroclus.
(d) Hector.

12. Which character breaks the truce by wounding the Spartan king?
(a) An archer.
(b) Paris.
(c) Hector.
(d) Achilles.

13. What is the terrible vision involving the family of a Trojan prince?
(a) The family is buried alive.
(b) The family is ripped out of their beds and slain by vengeful Greeks.
(c) The family is drowned by force.
(d) The family is burned alive.

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

15. Who plots to break his promise and enslave one of the women?
(a) Ajax.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Deiphobus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who watches the armies gather the dead when a truce is called?

2. Who strips off the armor of the Greek warrior after slaying him in battle?

3. What do Greek soldiers come out of in the middle of the night?

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

5. Who retires from battle?

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