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

2. Who is told by an oracle to sacrifice a daughter?
(a) King Agamemnon.
(b) Helen.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Paris.

3. Which character dodges and avoids the spear but gets knocked to the ground?
(a) Paris.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Hector.

4. Who is the character that is taunted into a duel?
(a) Hector.
(b) Helen.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Paris.

5. Which character must distract Menelaus in order to escape destruction?
(a) Helen.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Hermione.
(d) Penelope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character grants ten days of truce?

2. Which character symbolizes a different kind of power for women?

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

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

5. Whose knowledge of the Greek hero's weakness leads to his defeat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Paris do that alters the fate of the Greek hero?

2. Why do Priam and Polyxena go to the Greek camp?

3. What are some of the challenges facing the Trojan army?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 19, what risk does Cassandra take?

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

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

7. Who are the only soldiers spared on the battlefield and why?

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

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

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

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