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The Trojan War

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
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1.

Before the Trojan War began, which 3 goddesses were having a fight?

a)

Aphrodite, Hera, and Hestia

b)

Demeter, Athena, and Hera

c)

Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera

d)

Artemis, Hera, and Athena

2.

Eris, the deity of strife, gave them a golden apple that said...

a)

"To infinity and beyond"

b)

"To the fairest"

c)

"To the coolest"

d)

"To the best goddess on Mt. Olympus"

3.

Who did the goddesses ask to decide which of them was the fairest, or most beautiful?

a)

Paris of Troy

b)

Bruno Mars

c)

Zeus

d)

Prium of Troy

4.

What did each goddess promise to Paris so that he would choose her as the fairest?

a)

Aphrodite - a mirror; Hera - a ring; Athena - a shield

b)

Aphrodite - beauty; Hera - marriage; Athena - an owl

c)

Aphrodite - love; Hera - power; Athena - wisdom

d)

Aphrodite - cheeseburgers; Hera - fairy dust; Athena - an acceptance letter to Harvard

5.

Who did Paris choose?

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Hera

c)

Athena

6.

Who did Aphrodite choose for Paris and what was the problem?

a)

She chose Thetis, but she was too clever to allow Paris to take her back to Troy.

b)

She chose Athena because she despised her, but you can't force a goddess to marry a mortal.

c)

She chose Helen, the most beautiful woman, but she was already married to Menelaus, King of Sparta.

7.

Who were the two Greeks who gathered all major generals from Greece to go to war?

a)

Achilles and Odysseus

b)

Thetis and Odysseus

c)

Achilles and Patroclus

d)

Menelaus and Agagmemnon

8.

Which two Greek generals originally did not want to go to war?

a)

Ajax and Paris

b)

Achilles and Odysseus

c)

Odysseus and Ajax

d)

Hector and Prium

9.

Which of the following gods did NOT fight on the side of the Greeks?

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Hera

c)

Poseidon

d)

Athena

10.

Which god did NOT fight on the side of the Trojans?

a)

Ares

b)

Apollo

c)

Artemis

d)

Poseidon

11.

Which god remained neutral and ended up helping BOTH sides?

a)

Hermes

b)

Demeter

c)

Zeus

d)

Poseidon