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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leads the Greek delegation in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Priam.
(b) Paris.
(c) King Nestor of Pylos.
(d) Phoenician traders.

2. What are the bitter choices facing the queen if she departs?
(a) She could be killed.
(b) She risks losing her child and also being caught by her husband.
(c) She would lose the beauty that she had become famous for.
(d) She loses her wealth.

3. Who has hairy arms?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Helen.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Penelope.

4. What wedding gift is considered ominous?
(a) The gift of the circular mirror in the shape of Aphrodite.
(b) The thousand goats.
(c) The Arabian white mare.
(d) The four matching chariot horses.

5. Why is marriage considered so important?
(a) Marriage will create conflict for the king of Greece.
(b) Marriage is forbidden for the lovers.
(c) Marriage will result in the decline of Grecian power.
(d) Marriage of royalty forges political alliances, uniting wealth and spreading influence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is considered the child of Zeus?

2. Where does Helen's sadness stem from?

3. Who is the character most moved by the arrival of the Trojan prince?

4. Who further agitates discussions and serves as a mouthpiece for the Trojan prince?

5. Which character is shunned by the royal family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during negotiations between the Greeks and the Trojans?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 1, we meet Cassandra. Describe her.

3. Describe Helen in Part 1, Chapter 1.

4. Why does Andromache appear hostile?

5. Does Theseus like Helen initially?

6. What do the women of Troy like about the Spartan queen when they first meet her?

7. What is Odysseus' plan to choose a suitor?

8. What is the legend of Zeus and his progeny?

9. What is the transformation that happens to Helen after she leaves home?

10. What is the dream the visionary character has about war?

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