Quiz sobre Helen

What can the reader conclude about Helen from this sentence? "When the Greeks discovered Helen missing, they started a war with Troy."

• Helen was beautiful.

• Helen was an important queen.

• Helen wanted the Greeks to start a war.

• Helen was excited about her new life with Paris.

Read the first sentence from paragraph 1. Circle the two underlined details that support the idea that Homer’s poetry is well-known.

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. Part A: Based on the sidebar, Odysseus’s journey could best be described as —

• boring

• too short

• enjoyable

• very long

Part B: Which phrase from the selection supports your answer in Part A?

• journey from Troy

• his home in Ithaca, Greece

• takes ten years

• Odysseus and his army encounter obstacles

What text feature helps the reader know what each paragraph is about?

• selection title

• section headings

• poem names in italics

• sidebar

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. Part A: Because not much is known about Homer, some people —

• doubt that he existed

• doubt that he is famous

• think he wrote more poems than we know

• think he wrote poems under a different name

Part B: Which sentence or phrase from the selection supports your answer in Part A?

• Historians are uncertain about many details of Homer’s life.

• ... some people wonder if Homer even existed!

• ... we don’t know if he wrote them by himself.

• Could he have had help authoring these masterpieces?

The author ends the selection with the ideas in paragraph 3 most likely to show that —

• the Odyssey was Homer’s favorite poem

• the events of The Odyssey take place after The Iliad

• The Iliad is a more important poem than The Odyssey

• the events of The Iliad are more exciting than The Odyssey

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. Part A: Who is the narrator of the selection?

• Dad

• David

• Aunt Claudia

• Dad’s cousin

Part B: Which sentence from the selection supports your answer in Part A?

• I looked over at my dad and he looked thoughtful...

• “I didn’t even know we had any family in Portugal.”

• “Oh, yes, David,” he replied.

• Then, he began to tell stories I had never heard before...