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Troy Wikipedia article

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

In 1868, the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann met Frank Calvert, who convinced Schliemann that Troy was a real city at what is now ________.

a)

Isreal

b)

Turkey

c)

Syria

d)

Greece

2.

Those who believe that the stories of the Trojan War are derived from a specific historical conflict usually date it to the ______century.

a)

12th or 11th BC

b)

1st or 2nd BC

c)

8th or 9th BC

d)

20th or 21st AD

3.

Who decided the winner of a beauty contest between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite?

a)

Odysseus

b)

Paris

c)

Zeus

d)

Nobody, each person was scared to make the gods mad

4.

Thetis bathed Achilles in the ________, the river that runs to the underworld, making him invulnerable wherever he was touched by the water. Because she had held him by the heel, it was not immersed during the bathing and thus the heel remained mortal and vulnerable to injury (hence the expression "Achilles heel" for an isolated weakness).

a)

Styx

b)

Nile

c)

Amazon

d)

Black

5.

Before Helen could look up to see him enter the palace, she was shot with an arrow from Eros, otherwise known as _______, and fell in love with Paris when she saw him, as promised by Aphrodite.

a)

Zeus

b)

Odysseus

c)

Cupid

d)

Menelaus

6.

How did Odysseus trick the Trojans and enter the city?

a)

with a wooden horse

b)

by putting a baby at the gate

c)

with a fake treaty

7.

Laocoön warned the Tojans against keeping the Trojan horse. _______ then came out of the sea and devoured Laocoön. The Trojans decided to keep the horse

a)

sharks

b)

killer whales

c)

Serpents

d)

electric eels

8.

The Greeks dedicate this thank-offering ( the HORSE) to ______ for their return home.

a)

Apollo

b)

Zeus

c)

Athena

d)

Achilles

9.

Which word is incorrect?

In Roman mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Greeks after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.

a)

Paris of Troy should be Odysseus of Ithaca

b)

Roman should be Greek

c)

Menelaus should be Agamemnon

10.

In exchange for Paris picking Aphrodite as the winner of the golden apple, Aphrodite ____________.

a)

allowed the Greeks to win the war

b)

allowed Helen to fall in love with Paris

c)

allowed Paris to become king of Troy