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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the leader of the Trojan army?
(a) Hector.
(b) Paris.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Odysseus.

2. 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 conceived in a lake and was the son of Zeus.
(c) The Trojan prince was spirited away by demons and forced to live sequestered on an island till he was rescued as an adolescent.
(d) 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.

3. Who arrives at the Trojan palace from the field covered in blood?
(a) Helen.
(b) Hector.
(c) Paris.
(d) Cassandra.

4. Which character is recognizable by long hair and a dance of death?
(a) Hector.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Paris.

5. Who is considered as beautiful as Aphrodite?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Penelope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is distraught about leaving a child behind?

2. Who is the character that kidnaps a twelve-year old as ransom in gold?

3. Who is the girl desired by the king?

4. Who leads the Greek delegation in Part 2, Chapter 3?

5. What symbolizes good fortune in Greek culture?

(see the answer key)

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