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The Trojan Horse

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Trojan horse was built by the Greeks in order to

a)

bring Helen back to Melenaus

b)

end the long war

c)

destroy the city of Troy

d)

all of he above

2.

The cunning Greek warrior who had the idea for building the horse was

a)

Menelaus

b)

Hector

c)

Odysseus

d)

Priam

3.

The Trojan horse helped destroy the city of Troy because

a)

the Trojans were afraid of it

b)

Laocoon was afraid of it

c)

it was a way the soldiers could get inside the city through treachery

d)

none of the above

4.

The best soldiers of the Greek army hid inside the horse while the rest of the Greek army

a)

army waited on the shore

b)

pushed the great horse into the city for all to see

c)

pretended to sail away to make the Trojans think they left

d)

went back to Greece

5.

Laocoon tried to warn the Trojans that

a)

they should not take the horse inside the city

b)

they should follow the Greek army and fight them on their own land

c)

cunning Odysseus was behind the plot

d)

Helen was not worth all the sorrows of Troy

6.

Once the Trojans brought the horse into the city

a)

they had a big party and then slept well

b)

they were even more afraid of the Greeks

c)

they worried that the Greeks would return

d)

Odysseus returned to the island of Tenedos

7.

Once inside the city--and while the populace was sleeping--the Greeks

a)

came out of the huge horse

b)

signaled to the ships standing by

c)

let the army in

d)

destroyed the city

e)

all of the above