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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 considered forbidden fruit?
(a) Taking possession of the Grecian kingdom covertly.
(b) Penelope whom the Trojan prince pursues.
(c) The clandestine relationship of Helen, the wife of Menelaus, with Paris.
(d) Honeyed wine that is only given to the gods.

2. Who sees the fleeing lovers at the temple of Aphrodite?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Priam.
(d) Phoenician traders.

3. Who falls in love soon after the royal banquet?
(a) Helen and Priam.
(b) Paris and Helen.
(c) Paris and Penelope.
(d) Menelaus and Hessia.

4. In Part 2, Chapter 5, with whom do the Trojans want to forge alliances?
(a) Thracian kingdoms.
(b) Phoenician kingdoms.
(c) Spartan kingdoms.
(d) Athenian kingdoms.

5. What does the Oracle predict that troubles Penelope?
(a) Her son will die in the upcoming war.
(b) Her husband will leave to fight in the war and not return home for twenty years.
(c) The war will destroy her home.
(d) Her best friend will die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believes that the best action is to sacrifice to the gods and wait?

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

3. Who is the character that is invited to Sparta for talks?

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

5. Whose violent deaths make the Greek king lose his desire to rule?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason that Menelaus gives for waging war with Troy?

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

3. In Part 1, Chapter 10, Helen meets Paris. Describe what she sees.

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

5. Describe Helen in Part 1, Chapter 1.

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

7. Describe the events that unfold at the dinner banquet.

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

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

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

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