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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who encourages the young woman to marry the younger brother of the King of Greece?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Helen.
(d) Menelaus.

2. Who does not retreat behind Trojan walls but prepares to battle the enraged Greek hero?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Hector.
(c) Paris.
(d) Patroclus.

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

4. Who became invincible by being dipped in the river Styx?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Patroclus.
(d) Hector.

5. Which characters are talking in the kitchen garden about marriage?
(a) Agamemnon and Paris.
(b) Paris and Deiphobus.
(c) Menelaus and Achilles.
(d) Andromache and Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose safety during the marriage ploy is at stake?

2. Who is the character who defeated the bull of Crete in combat and became famous?

3. Who emerges as a confident and heroic character that makes courageous choices?

4. Who becomes transformed from a demanding, nail-biting, impatient person to a graceful and alluring person?

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

(see the answer key)

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