View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who emerges as a heroic character?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Helenus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Paris.

3. What do the women do when there is a lull in the battle?
(a) They learn how to fight.
(b) They wash linens and bathe in a snow-fed pool.
(c) They barricade themselves underground.
(d) They dance and celebrate.

4. Whose knowledge of the Greek hero's weakness leads to his defeat?
(a) Helen.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Polyxena.
(d) Hector.

5. Which character describes what is contained inside the gift?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Helenus.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Deiphobus.

6. Which character disappears when dust obscures vision of the field?
(a) Paris.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Hector.
(d) Menelaus.

7. What is the name of the baby being rescued from the mansion?
(a) Telemachus.
(b) Deiphobus.
(c) Hermione.
(d) Astyanax.

8. Who sails up the Hellespont to raid Thrace?
(a) Achilles and his battalion of Myrmidons.
(b) Hector and his army.
(c) Paris and his archers.
(d) King Agamemnon and his troops.

9. Which character dodges and avoids the spear but gets knocked to the ground?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Paris.
(d) Hector.

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

11. Which character symbolizes a different kind of power for women?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Polyxena.
(c) Helen.
(d) Andromache.

12. Who retires from battle?
(a) Paris.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Achilles.

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

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

15. What happens when the contest is halted?
(a) Achilles attacks when the men are sleeping.
(b) The two men exchange gifts and retire.
(c) The two men go to the tower to fight in secret.
(d) Paris attacks when the men are sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the Greek warrior circle the city walls after the death of the Trojan prince?

2. Where is the new capital of Troy built?

3. Which character grants ten days of truce?

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

5. Which character is sewing and avoiding any fearful thoughts?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 344 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample