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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose violent deaths make the Greek king lose his desire to rule?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Helen's brothers.
(d) Odysseus.

2. In Part 2, Chapter 5, with whom do the Trojans want to forge alliances?
(a) Spartan kingdoms.
(b) Thracian kingdoms.
(c) Phoenician kingdoms.
(d) Athenian kingdoms.

3. What wedding gift is considered ominous?
(a) The gift of the circular mirror in the shape of Aphrodite.
(b) The Arabian white mare.
(c) The thousand goats.
(d) The four matching chariot horses.

4. Which character is destined to have a stillborn child?
(a) Andromache.
(b) Helen.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Priam.

5. In Part 1, Chapter 4, what does the king do that reveals his wisdom?
(a) He chooses not to wage war.
(b) He teaches the young woman to commandeer a ship to escape.
(c) He is willing to compromise with his foes.
(d) He teaches the young woman to recognize, appreciate, and harness her beauty and its power over other people.

6. What location is built of rock and considered an impenetrable fortress?
(a) Acropolis.
(b) Troy.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Piraeus.

7. What is the dream the visionary character has of the Trojan prince?
(a) The Trojan prince is seated cross-legged on cushions on a ship with a beautiful blonde woman playing a flute.
(b) The Trojan prince fights and fails.
(c) The Trojan prince dies in a war.
(d) The Trojan prince is betrayed by a loved one.

8. What is the reason the queen feels compelled to abandon her home?
(a) She feels controlled by the goddess Aphrodite who convinces her to follow the Trojan prince.
(b) She wants to save her son.
(c) She wants to avert a war.
(d) She hates her husband.

9. What area is the gateway to Asia Minor?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Hellespont.
(c) Troy.
(d) Athens.

10. What is the story told about the birth of the Trojan prince?
(a) The Trojan prince was conceived in a lake and was the son of Zeus.
(b) When the Trojan prince was born, his parents both were murdered and he was left an orphan.
(c) 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.
(d) The Trojan prince was spirited away by demons and forced to live sequestered on an island till he was rescued as an adolescent.

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

12. What is the plan offered in the men's hall to choose the suitor?
(a) The man who can fight off all the other suitors single-handedly will win the hand of the bride.
(b) All suitors must promise to defend the king all their lives if they want to be considered.
(c) All suitors must forsake all gambling and drinking forever if they want to be considered.
(d) All the men who wish to be considered as suitors must swear oaths to protect the winner as blood brothers for the rest of their lives.

13. Who predicts that the visionary princess will not have to wed?
(a) Paris.
(b) Phoenician traders.
(c) Helenus.
(d) King Nestor of Pylos.

14. Which character symbolizes the peaceful life of the queen in Sparta and her royal duty to her husband?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Hermione.
(d) Hessia.

15. Which character charms everyone in Troy?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Priam.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believes that the best action is to sacrifice to the gods and wait?

2. Which character evokes empathy in the reader?

3. Which character gives the bride advice to be happy with what she has received?

4. Which character runs to share a vision to a sibling?

5. Which character notices a shifting mood in the Trojan warriors?

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