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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to the Greek camp to get the body of the slain warrior?
(a) Polyxena and Priam.
(b) Achilles and Menelaus.
(c) Helen and Cassandra.
(d) Paris and Hector.

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

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

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

5. Which character warns the women of the duel?
(a) Hector.
(b) Helenus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Menelaus.

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

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

8. Which character avoids conflict with the Spartan king?
(a) Paris.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Hector.
(d) Menelaus.

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

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

11. Which two characters wrangle over a bet they made?
(a) Paris and Deiphobus.
(b) Achilles and Menelaus.
(c) Helen and Cassandra.
(d) Agamemnon and Paris.

12. Who are some of the Greek hero's victims?
(a) King Agamemnon, Hector, and Menelaus.
(b) Cassandra, Odysseus, and Penelope.
(c) Coroebus, Pandarus, and Othronus.
(d) Paris, Helen, and Helenus.

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

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

15. Who hears the sounds of mourning while talking?
(a) Helen and Cassandra.
(b) Andromache and Cassandra.
(c) Priam and Paris.
(d) Helen and Menelaus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who strikes a bargain to escape the fate of the Trojans?

2. Which characters argue over the spoils of war?

3. Which character is too young to take the oath?

4. Who spends a night with the angry Greek hero?

5. Who is the young Trojan princess that draws the attention of the most famous Greek warrior?

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