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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes worried because of the death of the courageous cousin?
(a) Paris.
(b) Patroclus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Cassandra.

2. Who is hostile towards the Spartan queen?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Antimachus.
(c) Hector.
(d) Andromache.

3. Which character goes disguised as a famous cousin and leads forces into battle?
(a) Hector.
(b) Paris.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Patroclus.

4. What is the story told about the birth of the Trojan prince?
(a) When the Trojan prince was born, his parents both were murdered and he was left an orphan.
(b) The Trojan prince was left on a mountainside because of a dream his mother had of burning sticks and cared for by a shepherd until he returned to Troy and won the annual games and confessed his royal birth.
(c) The Trojan prince was conceived in a lake and was the son of Zeus.
(d) The Trojan prince was spirited away by demons and forced to live sequestered on an island till he was rescued as an adolescent.

5. Who strips off the armor of the Greek warrior after slaying him in battle?
(a) Helenus.
(b) Hector.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 5, with whom do the Trojans want to forge alliances?

2. Which character is destined to have a stillborn child?

3. What is the reason the queen feels compelled to abandon her home?

4. Which character swears allegiance to the Trojan family and even the Spartan queen?

5. Who is the character most moved by the arrival of the Trojan prince?

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