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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. Whose name means final battle?
(a) Telemachus.
(b) Hellespont.
(c) Hermione.
(d) Sparta.

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

3. Whose love does the queen now understand?
(a) Priam.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Paris.
(d) Menelaus.

4. Which character is shunned by the royal family?
(a) Helen.
(b) Paris.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Helenus.

5. Who encourages the young woman to marry the younger brother of the King of Greece?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Helen.
(d) Menelaus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason the Grecian king might consider going to war?

2. Who does not swear the oath of the suitors?

3. Who exerts a power over the queen that cannot be stopped?

4. Which character evokes empathy in the reader?

5. Who is the leader of the Trojan army?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What efforts do the Trojans take to expand their forces?

3. Describe Helen through Menelaus' eyes when he first sees her.

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

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

6. Despite his courtship efforts, what is Menelaus unaware of?

7. Describe Helen in Part 1, Chapter 1.

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

9. What is the most painful decision facing Helen?

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

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