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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. What is the story told about the birth of the Trojan prince?
(a) The Trojan prince was conceived in a lake and was the son of Zeus.
(b) When the Trojan prince was born, his parents both were murdered and he was left an orphan.
(c) The Trojan prince was left on a mountainside because of a dream his mother had of burning sticks and cared for by a shepherd until he returned to Troy and won the annual games and confessed his royal birth.
(d) The Trojan prince was spirited away by demons and forced to live sequestered on an island till he was rescued as an adolescent.

2. Who is tormented by terrible visions?
(a) Helenus.
(b) Helen.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Apollo.

3. Which character is destined to have a stillborn child?
(a) Priam.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Helen.
(d) Andromache.

4. Which character has thirteen suitors?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Helen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character joyfully shares stories of love after marriage?

2. What is revealed about women in Greek society in Part 1, Chapter 6?

3. What symbolizes good fortune in Greek culture?

4. Who is the character that does not believe the legend of Zeus becoming a swan to mate with mortal women?

5. Who inherits both a wife and a kingdom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Helen envious about?

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

4. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what is the dreadful vision that involves the Trojan prince?

5. What is the promise Paris says Aphrodite gave him?

6. What news does Penelope receive that troubles her?

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

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

9. Describe Helen in Part 1, Chapter 1.

10. What gifts does Theseus send to the newly married couple?

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