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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the Author's Epilogue, who is the character who surprisingly returns to Sparta?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Paris.
(c) Helen.
(d) Menelaus.

3. What signals that the royal siblings are safe?
(a) A piece of their clothing.
(b) A necklace.
(c) Their signatures on a scroll.
(d) A light at the temple of Athena.

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

5. Who encourages single combat to end the war?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Deiphobus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Hector.

6. Which character swears allegiance to the Trojan family and even the Spartan queen?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Paris.
(d) Helenus.

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

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

9. Who watches the armies gather the dead when a truce is called?
(a) Hector.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Paris.

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

11. Who strips off the armor of the Greek warrior after slaying him in battle?
(a) Paris.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Hector.
(d) Helenus.

12. 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.

13. Who is the young Trojan princess that draws the attention of the most famous Greek warrior?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Polyxena.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Helen.

14. Which character cannot attend the ceremony for the stillborn child?
(a) Paris.
(b) Hector.
(c) Helen.
(d) Cassandra.

15. Who arrives at the Trojan palace from the field covered in blood?
(a) Paris.
(b) Hector.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hears the sounds of mourning while talking?

2. Who plots to break his promise and enslave one of the women?

3. What do the women do when there is a lull in the battle?

4. Whose fate is unclear at the end of the story and has numerous different tales, ranging from going mad to leading a new dynasty and being murdered?

5. Which character grants ten days of truce?

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