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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the visionary character shunned by others?
(a) This character is diseased.
(b) This character has unhappy visions that turn out to be true.
(c) This character rambles and is scary in appearance.
(d) This character drinks too much.

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

3. Which character is shunned by the royal family?
(a) Helen.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Paris.

4. In Part 1, Chapter 5, who stalls making a decision on marriage by staging hunts instead?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Tyndareus.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Helen.

5. Who is the character that is perceptive enough to notice a softening in the ship captain's attitude?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Hessia.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character has thirteen suitors?

2. Who is deeply troubled by the love affair?

3. Who are the characters who bring the ransom?

4. Who sends a wedding gift of an Arabian mare?

5. What is the thorny issue facing the father of the young woman who is being courted by many suitors?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the public respond to the visionary character?

2. What gifts does Theseus send to the newly married couple?

3. What does Menelaus think Paris can do while he is gone away?

4. What is the promise Paris says Aphrodite gave him?

5. What is the reason that Menelaus gives for waging war with Troy?

6. What is the dream the visionary character has about war?

7. Describe Helen in Part 1, Chapter 1.

8. Does Theseus like Helen initially?

9. In Part 1, Chapter 10, Helen meets Paris. Describe what she sees.

10. Describe the events that unfold at the dinner banquet.

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