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

2. Who sails up the Hellespont to raid Thrace?
(a) King Agamemnon and his troops.
(b) Hector and his army.
(c) Paris and his archers.
(d) Achilles and his battalion of Myrmidons.

3. Who supposedly sent the dust storm?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Helen.
(c) Paris.
(d) Cassandra.

4. Who goes to the Greek camp to get the body of the slain warrior?
(a) Paris and Hector.
(b) Helen and Cassandra.
(c) Polyxena and Priam.
(d) Achilles and Menelaus.

5. Who is afraid of the gift that the Greeks left behind?
(a) Helen.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Cassandra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character warns the women of the duel?

2. Who prevents an actual physical fight between the two disputing parties?

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

4. Who is the young Trojan princess that draws the attention of the most famous Greek warrior?

5. Who arrives at the Trojan palace from the field covered in blood?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the women watch the unfolding battle?

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

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

5. Why is the child of Agamemnon sacrificed?

6. What eventually happens to Helenus?

7. Why does Achilles refuse to fight?

8. Which main character reveals a deceptive side?

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

10. Why do the Trojans break down the city walls?

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