The Trojan Horse Review

Odysseus has a clever plan, but he needs the help of other Greeks for his ______ to succeed.

• society

• mythology

• strategy

• consequence

Which sentence from the selection shows that the Greeks are planning a secret attack against the Trojans?

• I know I will not escape, yet still I try.

• The Greek heroes honored their promise.

• Sleep deep, my trusting enemies!

• Can our old enemies really be gone after all these years?

The argument among Zeus’s daughters leads to war between Greece and Troy because—

• Cassandra has the ability to see the future after Zeus’s daughters argue

• Paris accepts Aphrodite’s bribe to meet the most beautiful woman in the world

• Paris travels outside the country to meet Zeus’s daughters

• It causes Greek soldiers to think of a pledge to protect Helen

Which sentence from the story foreshadows the destruction of Troy?

• How could they know that Athena herself had sent the serpents and she had helped the Greeks build their gift?

• But because of Poseidon’s curse, it would be many long years and many more adventures before Odysseus returned to Ithaca.

• Without my fiery chariot, the sun would not rise!

• Just as lovers pray to me, the Goddess of Love.

Why does Odysseus feel disappointed by his own clever plan to protect Helen?

• The plan leads to war amongst the Greeks.

• His plan forces him to find a new wife for the King.

• He thinks that Helen may have chosen him to be her husband if he had not thought of the plan.

• His plan results in a war with Troy and it is a pledge to the King that the Greeks cannot break.

When Helen leaves her husband for Paris, a war begins, soldiers die, and Troy is destroyed. These are all examples of—

• A consequences

• B warnings

• C strategies

• D mythologies

What can the reader conclude about Cassandra’s ability to see into the future?

• A It is a great gift because she always knows what is going to happen next.

• B Cassandra feels fortunate to have the foresight to see into the future.

• C Cassandra wants more special powers.

• D Cassandra’s ability to see into the future hurts her more than it helps her.

How does the mood change at the end of the story?

• A The Greeks are happy to win the war but then they face revenge from Poseidon.

• B The Trojans feel sad about their offering to Athena but then they feel happy to win the war.

• C The Greeks feel happy inside the horse and depressed when they have to fight again.

• D Both the Greeks and Trojans are tired of war and then they feel happy to stop fighting.

The King of Troy allows the Greek soldier Sinon to live because—

• A he does not want to offend the goddess Athena

• B he believes Sinon’s story and wants to show that Trojans are merciful

• C he suspects that Sinon is actually a spy for the Greeks

• D he wants Sinon to be a member of Troy’s army

Which of these is the best plot summary?

• A A war breaks out between the Trojans and the Greeks over the beautiful Helen. The war lasts ten years and many die. Odysseus has a plan to end the war. He and the other Greeks fool the Trojans by hiding in a wooden horse so they can get inside Troy and finally destroy it.

• B When the gods cannot choose the fairest goddess, a mortal named Paris makes the decision for them. His reward is a beautiful woman named Helen. But Helen is married. Paris steals Helen away to Troy.

• C The Trojans celebrate the end of the war, not knowing that a secret army is waiting inside a wooden horse that was a gift from Athena. When everyone is asleep, the Greeks attack Troy and kill Priam, the city’s king.

• D Many Greek men want to marry Helen, and the king worries that there may be a war over who will be her husband. The Greeks make an agreement to protect whoever is chosen. Helen then marries Menelaus, but later flees to Troy with Paris.