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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who refuses to watch the conflict because it is too painful to bear?
(a) Helen.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Andromache.
(d) Priam.

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

4. What event creates a holiday mood in Troy?
(a) The birth of a royal heir.
(b) The arrival of the Greeks.
(c) The marriage of the Trojan prince.
(d) A week of winemaking.

5. Who are the characters fighting in a duel?
(a) Menelaus and Achilles.
(b) Hector and Cassandra.
(c) Priam and Agamemnon.
(d) Paris and Menelaus.

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

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

8. Who emerges as a confident and heroic character that makes courageous choices?
(a) Astyanax.
(b) Deiphobus.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Hermione.

9. Who runs past sleeping servants in a royal mansion and sees soldiers stealthily emerging outside?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Paris.
(d) Helen.

10. Who does not retreat behind Trojan walls but prepares to battle the enraged Greek hero?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Patroclus.
(d) Hector.

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

12. Who prevents an actual physical fight between the two disputing parties?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Odysseus.

13. Which two warriors battle without gaining an advantage?
(a) Hector and Ajax.
(b) Agamemnon and Priam.
(c) Paris and Deiphobus.
(d) Achilles and Menelaus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character warns the women of the duel?

3. What is so big that the Trojans have to break a wall to bring it inside?

4. Which character reunites with a daughter after a long time?

5. Which characters scheme against the Greek warrior by playing upon his attraction to a young princess?

(see the answer keys)

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