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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 runs into the garden to weep as the battle rages?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Paris.
(c) Helen.
(d) Priam.

2. Which character is too young to take the oath?
(a) Hector.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Helen.
(d) Paris.

3. Who is the girl desired by the king?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Helen.
(c) Briseis.
(d) Polyxena.

4. Who strikes a bargain to escape the fate of the Trojans?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Helenus.

5. What is so big that the Trojans have to break a wall to bring it inside?
(a) The gift of a ship.
(b) The gift of chariots.
(c) The gift of the horse.
(d) The gift to the temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who retires from battle?

2. Who is the character that is taunted into a duel?

3. Where is the new capital of Troy built?

4. Who encourages single combat to end the war?

5. Who does not retreat behind Trojan walls but prepares to battle the enraged Greek hero?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cassandra wish to confide in her brother?

2. What eventually happens to Helenus?

3. How does Helen survive after the war?

4. What does Achilles do that makes the Trojan women weep?

5. How do the women watch the unfolding battle?

6. Describe the discussion in the Trojan kitchen garden as war begins.

7. What is the immediate repercussion of Patroclus' death?

8. Why does Achilles refuse to fight?

9. How is Helen able to recognize Achilles?

10. What does Helenus reveal to his sibling about the horse?

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