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

2. Who emerges as a heroic character?
(a) Helenus.
(b) Paris.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Helen.

3. Which character grants ten days of truce?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Priam.
(d) Menelaus.

4. Which characters scheme against the Greek warrior by playing upon his attraction to a young princess?
(a) Cassandra and Helen.
(b) Penelope and Helen.
(c) Helen and Polyxena.
(d) Cassandra and Polyxena.

5. Who are the characters fighting in a duel?
(a) Priam and Agamemnon.
(b) Paris and Menelaus.
(c) Menelaus and Achilles.
(d) Hector and Cassandra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes fun of the warrior that disappeared?

2. Who is afraid of the gift that the Greeks left behind?

3. Who are some of the warriors hidden for a surprise attack?

4. Which characters become friends?

5. Who ties a naked body to a chariot and drives around the city walls?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Polyxena's appearance.

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

4. What does Cassandra see when she enters the royal mansion?

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

6. What is Helen's plan to save Troy?

7. Which two brave warriors fight against each other on the battlefield equally?

8. What eventually happens to Helenus?

9. What must Helen do in order to survive?

10. How does Paris distract his opponent?

(see the answer keys)

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