Helen of Troy

Helen's husband Menelaus is the King of 

• Sparta
• Iliad
• Greece
• Troy 

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"The face that launched a thousand ships" is an _______________ describing_______________. 

• Helen...epithet
• simile...Helen
• epithet...Helen
• minstrel...Paris 

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According to legend, this supreme God is the father of Helen. 

• Zeus
• Achilles
• Hector 
• Poseidon

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How many times has Helen been kidnapped? 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Paris was abandoned by his parents and 

• raised by a shepherd
• sent to Sparta to receive an education 
• raised by Discord
• raised by the goddess Aphrodite

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According to Paris, who was the most beautiful goddess? 

• Aphrodite
• Apollo
• Athena
• Helen 

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This is what you call the men who wanted to marry Helen. 

• mistrels
• Paris 
• suitors
• Trojans 

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According to legend, Paris' reward for selecting a certain godess was

• Helen falling in love with Paris.
• permission for Paris to return home
• Paris falling in love with Helen 
• immortal life 

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"Mystic daughter of Zeus, that bloated tick (Aphrodite) is leading Ares out of battle" contains

• a simile
• personification
• a metaphor 
• irony 

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The Iliad's recounts the events of the Trojan War where ______________ fought ______________. 

• the city of Greece… the country of Troy
• the country of Greece…the city of Troy.
• the country of Troy ... the country of Greece
• the country of Greece…Turkey

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