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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who becomes angry about the idea of matchmaking the legendary Greek hero with a Trojan princess?
(a) Helen.
(b) Hector.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Cassandra.

4. Which character is recognizable by long hair and a dance of death?
(a) Hector.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Menelaus.

5. 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 burned alive.
(d) The family is drowned by force.

6. When do the two warriors retire from the field?
(a) When darkness falls.
(b) When the flag is raised.
(c) When a conch is blown.
(d) When the moon disappears.

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

8. What is sent back to the Greek camp to be sacrificed?
(a) The head of a lion.
(b) Twelve noblemen.
(c) A thousand goats.
(d) Two Trojan leaders.

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

10. Who ties a naked body to a chariot and drives around the city walls?
(a) Hector.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Patroclus.
(d) Menelaus.

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

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

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

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

15. Which characters argue over the spoils of war?
(a) Helenus and Odysseus.
(b) Agamemnon and Achilles.
(c) Paris and Hector.
(d) Agamemnon and Priam.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part 2, Chapter 10, which character appears cowardly?

3. Which character grants ten days of truce?

4. Which character takes ten years to finally return home?

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

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