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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. In the Author's Epilogue, who is the character who surprisingly returns to Sparta?
(a) Paris.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Helen.
(d) Menelaus.

2. Who spends a night with the angry Greek hero?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Polyxena.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Menelaus.

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

4. What happens when the contest is halted?
(a) The two men exchange gifts and retire.
(b) Achilles attacks when the men are sleeping.
(c) The two men go to the tower to fight in secret.
(d) Paris attacks when the men are sleeping.

5. What do the women do when there is a lull in the battle?
(a) They wash linens and bathe in a snow-fed pool.
(b) They barricade themselves underground.
(c) They learn how to fight.
(d) They dance and celebrate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose fate is unclear at the end of the story and has numerous different tales, ranging from going mad to leading a new dynasty and being murdered?

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

4. Who does not want to hear about the marriage plot?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the women watch the unfolding battle?

2. What eventually happens to Helenus?

3. Why does Hector miss the funeral of his child?

4. What is the story that Helenus tells his sibling?

5. How does the Greek army respond to the death of Achilles?

6. Which main character reveals a deceptive side?

7. How does Andromache try to calm herself?

8. How does Helen survive after the war?

9. How does Paris distract his opponent?

10. Why does Cassandra choose to go to Hector's mansion instead of going straight to the temple of Athena?

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