The Trojan Horse

The Trojan horse was built by the Greeks in order to

• bring Helen back to Melenaus

• end the long war

• destroy the city of Troy

• all of he above

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The cunning Greek warrior who had the idea for building the horse was

• Menelaus

• Hector

• Odysseus

• Priam

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The Trojan horse helped destroy the city of Troy because

• the Trojans were afraid of it

• Laocoon was afraid of it

• it was a way the soldiers could get inside the city through treachery

• none of the above

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The best soldiers of the Greek army hid inside the horse while the rest of the Greek army

• army waited on the shore

• pushed the great horse into the city for all to see

• pretended to sail away to make the Trojans think they left

• went back to Greece

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Laocoon tried to warn the Trojans that

• they should not take the horse inside the city

• they should follow the Greek army and fight them on their own land

• cunning Odysseus was behind the plot

• Helen was not worth all the sorrows of Troy

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Once the Trojans brought the horse into the city

• they had a big party and then slept well

• they were even more afraid of the Greeks

• they worried that the Greeks would return

• Odysseus returned to the island of Tenedos

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Once inside the city--and while the populace was sleeping--the Greeks

• came out of the huge horse

• signaled to the ships standing by

• let the army in

• destroyed the city

• all of the above

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