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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which characters become friends?
(a) Odysseus and Paris.
(b) Helen and Cassandra.
(c) Penelope and Clytemnestra.
(d) King Agamemnon and Hector.

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

3. When do the two warriors retire from the field?
(a) When darkness falls.
(b) When the flag is raised.
(c) When a conch is blown.
(d) When the moon disappears.

4. Who refuses to watch the conflict because it is too painful to bear?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Priam.
(c) Helen.
(d) Andromache.

5. Who emerges as a confident and heroic character that makes courageous choices?
(a) Hermione.
(b) Deiphobus.
(c) Astyanax.
(d) Cassandra.

6. Which character disappears when dust obscures vision of the field?
(a) Paris.
(b) Hector.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Menelaus.

7. Who escapes and builds the city of Rome?
(a) Deiphobus.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Helenus.

8. Who runs past sleeping servants in a royal mansion and sees soldiers stealthily emerging outside?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Helen.
(d) Cassandra.

9. Who bristles at the idea of marriage to the legendary Greek hero?
(a) Polyxena.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Helen.

10. Whose fate is unclear at the end of the story and has numerous different tales, ranging from going mad to leading a new dynasty and being murdered?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Paris.

11. Which character avoids conflict with the Spartan king?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Hector.
(d) Paris.

12. Which character takes ten years to finally return home?
(a) Helen.
(b) Homer.
(c) Paris.
(d) Odysseus.

13. Who is the young Trojan princess that draws the attention of the most famous Greek warrior?
(a) Helen.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Polyxena.
(d) Penelope.

14. Which character dodges and avoids the spear but gets knocked to the ground?
(a) Paris.
(b) Hector.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Agamemnon.

15. What happens when the contest is halted?
(a) Achilles attacks when the men are sleeping.
(b) Paris attacks when the men are sleeping.
(c) The two men go to the tower to fight in secret.
(d) The two men exchange gifts and retire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes fun of the warrior that disappeared?

2. Who strikes a bargain to escape the fate of the Trojans?

3. Who is told by an oracle to sacrifice a daughter?

4. Who emerges as a heroic character?

5. Who tries to placate the head of the Trojan army?

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