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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. 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) Helen.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Paris.

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

3. Who runs into the garden to weep as the battle rages?
(a) Priam.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Helen.
(d) Paris.

4. Who hears the sounds of mourning while talking?
(a) Helen and Menelaus.
(b) Andromache and Cassandra.
(c) Priam and Paris.
(d) Helen and Cassandra.

5. Who watches the armies gather the dead when a truce is called?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Hector.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the characters fighting in a duel?

2. Which character avoids conflict with the Spartan king?

3. Who tries to save the warrior from bleeding to death?

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

5. Which character will be the advocate for the Trojans to the Spartan king?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cassandra wish to confide in her brother?

2. Why is the child of Agamemnon sacrificed?

3. What is the story that Helenus tells his sibling?

4. Why does Achilles refuse to fight?

5. What does Paris do that alters the fate of the Greek hero?

6. Why do Priam and Polyxena go to the Greek camp?

7. Describe the discussion in the Trojan kitchen garden as war begins.

8. What does Achilles do that makes the Trojan women weep?

9. How does the Greek army respond to the death of Achilles?

10. What does Helenus reveal to his sibling about the horse?

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