Question 1

Which of the following came to assist the Trojans after Hector's death?

Accepted Answer

A)  Neoptolemus 
B)  Medus 
C)  Penthesilea 
D)  Nisus 
A)  Neoptolemus 
B)  Medus 
C)  Penthesilea 
D)  Nisus C

Question 2

The Trojan priest _______ suspected that the wooden horse contained Greek soldiers.

Accepted Answer

A)  Chryses 
B)  Helenus 
C)  Laocoön 
D)  Antenor 
A)  Chryses 
B)  Helenus 
C)  Laocoön 
D)  Antenor C

Question 3

Whom does Agamemnon bring home with him from Troy as his mistress and "prize"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hecabê 
B)  Andromache 
C)  Cassandra 
D)  Briseis 
A)  Hecabê 
B)  Andromache 
C)  Cassandra 
D)  Briseis C

Question 4

How did Helen save herself when Menelaüs was about to kill her?

Accepted Answer

A)  She put their child between her and Menelaüs 
B)  She revealed to him where Priam's secret treasure room was located 
C)  She told him that she never actually slept with Paris 
D)  She bared her breasts to him 
A)  She put their child between her and Menelaüs 
B)  She revealed to him where Priam's secret treasure room was located 
C)  She told him that she never actually slept with Paris 
D)  She bared her breasts to him

Question 5

Where is Orestes' trial by jury take place?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Pnyx 
B)  The agora ("marketplace") 
C)  The Areopagus 
D)  At the oracle of Apollo in Delphi 
A)  The Pnyx 
B)  The agora ("marketplace") 
C)  The Areopagus 
D)  At the oracle of Apollo in Delphi

Question 6

Carl Blegen's final report on his work at Troy concluded that the _______ citadel yielded the necessary evidence to support an identification "as the Troy of Priam and Homer."

Accepted Answer

A)  Troy I 
B)  Troy VII 
C)  Troy II 
D)  Troy XII 
A)  Troy I 
B)  Troy VII 
C)  Troy II 
D)  Troy XII

Question 7

Which of the following surround Orestes after he murders his mother, and begin to drive him mad?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hera and Aphrodite 
B)  The ghosts of the Trojan war-dead 
C)  The spirits of his ancestors in the House of Atreus 
D)  The Furies 
A)  Hera and Aphrodite 
B)  The ghosts of the Trojan war-dead 
C)  The spirits of his ancestors in the House of Atreus 
D)  The Furies

Question 8

Who conducted excavations at Hissarlik in the 1870s in order to prove his longstanding conviction that the Trojan War was an actual historical event?

Accepted Answer

A)  Carl Blegen 
B)  Manfred Korfmann 
C)  Heinrich Schliemann 
D)  Indiana Jones 
A)  Carl Blegen 
B)  Manfred Korfmann 
C)  Heinrich Schliemann 
D)  Indiana Jones

Question 9

Aeschylus' dramatic trilogy from 458 BC, the _______, recounts the saga of murder, vengeance, and justice that begins with Agamemnon's return from Troy.

Accepted Answer

A)  Return of the King 
B)  Nostoi 
C)  Argolid 
D)  Oresteia 
A)  Return of the King 
B)  Nostoi 
C)  Argolid 
D)  Oresteia

Question 10

Apollo orders Orestes to go to _______ to seek justice.

Accepted Answer

A)  the underworld 
B)  Athens 
C)  Mt. Olympus 
D)  Thebes 
A)  the underworld 
B)  Athens 
C)  Mt. Olympus 
D)  Thebes

Question 11

What does Clytemnestra claim as her motive for the murder of Agamemnon?

Accepted Answer

A)  Agamemnon's abandonment of their family for ten years 
B)  Agamemnon's sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia 
C)  Agamemnon's cold reaction to her upon his arrival at the palace 
D)  The senseless death of their son in the last year of the war at Troy 
A)  Agamemnon's abandonment of their family for ten years 
B)  Agamemnon's sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia 
C)  Agamemnon's cold reaction to her upon his arrival at the palace 
D)  The senseless death of their son in the last year of the war at Troy

Question 12

At the command of Odysseus, _______ was thrown from the walls of Troy.

Accepted Answer

A)  Astyanax 
B)  Antenor 
C)  the wooden horse 
D)  the body of Priam 
A)  Astyanax 
B)  Antenor 
C)  the wooden horse 
D)  the body of Priam

Question 13

Who is Achilles' son?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lesser Ajax 
B)  Orestes 
C)  Demodocus 
D)  Neoptolemus 
A)  Lesser Ajax 
B)  Orestes 
C)  Demodocus 
D)  Neoptolemus

Question 14

Who shot and killed Paris?

Accepted Answer

A)  Philoctetes 
B)  Neoptolemus 
C)  Lesser Ajax 
D)  Odysseus 
A)  Philoctetes 
B)  Neoptolemus 
C)  Lesser Ajax 
D)  Odysseus

Question 15

Euripides' play _______, produced in 415 BC after the Athenians had killed all the male inhabitants of Melos, may be read as an antiwar pay.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ion 
B)  Agamemnon 
C)  The Trojan Women 
D)  Priam 
A)  Ion 
B)  Agamemnon 
C)  The Trojan Women 
D)  Priam

Question 16

Whom does Orestes eventually marry?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aretê 
B)  Andromache 
C)  Helen 
D)  Hermionê 
A)  Aretê 
B)  Andromache 
C)  Helen 
D)  Hermionê

Question 17

Which of the following statements about the fifth-century BC Athenian lawcourts?

Accepted Answer

A)  The laws themselves were treated as divinely willed 
B)  There were no lawyers to present definitive interpretations of the law 
C)  Defendants had to represent themselves in court 
D)  When a woman was charged with a crime, a man would speak on her behalf 
A)  The laws themselves were treated as divinely willed 
B)  There were no lawyers to present definitive interpretations of the law 
C)  Defendants had to represent themselves in court 
D)  When a woman was charged with a crime, a man would speak on her behalf

Question 18

Who won the contest for the armor of Achilles?

Accepted Answer

A)  Odysseus 
B)  Ajax 
C)  Agamemnon 
D)  Diomedes 
A)  Odysseus 
B)  Ajax 
C)  Agamemnon 
D)  Diomedes

Question 19

Who is represented in the center (flanked by his sons) of this sculptural group?

Accepted Answer

A)  Neoptolemus 
B)  Orestes 
C)  Priam 
D)  Laocoön 
A)  Neoptolemus 
B)  Orestes 
C)  Priam 
D)  Laocoön

Question 20

What is the result of Orestes' trial by jury?

Accepted Answer

A)  The jury is evenly split, and Zeus casts the deciding vote 
B)  The jury convicts him 
C)  The jury acquits him 
D)  The jury is evenly split, and Athena casts the deciding vote 
A)  The jury is evenly split, and Zeus casts the deciding vote 
B)  The jury convicts him 
C)  The jury acquits him 
D)  The jury is evenly split, and Athena casts the deciding vote

Exam 21: The Fall of Troy and Its Aftermath

Which of the following came to assist the Trojans after Hector's death?

The Trojan priest _______ suspected that the wooden horse contained Greek soldiers.

Whom does Agamemnon bring home with him from Troy as his mistress and "prize"?

How did Helen save herself when Menelaüs was about to kill her?

Where is Orestes' trial by jury take place?

Carl Blegen's final report on his work at Troy concluded that the _______ citadel yielded the necessary evidence to support an identification "as the Troy of Priam and Homer."

Which of the following surround Orestes after he murders his mother, and begin to drive him mad?

Who conducted excavations at Hissarlik in the 1870s in order to prove his longstanding conviction that the Trojan War was an actual historical event?

Aeschylus' dramatic trilogy from 458 BC, the _______, recounts the saga of murder, vengeance, and justice that begins with Agamemnon's return from Troy.

Apollo orders Orestes to go to _______ to seek justice.

What does Clytemnestra claim as her motive for the murder of Agamemnon?

At the command of Odysseus, _______ was thrown from the walls of Troy.

Who is Achilles' son?

Who shot and killed Paris?

Euripides' play _______, produced in 415 BC after the Athenians had killed all the male inhabitants of Melos, may be read as an antiwar pay.

Whom does Orestes eventually marry?

Which of the following statements about the fifth-century BC Athenian lawcourts?

Who won the contest for the armor of Achilles?

Who is represented in the center (flanked by his sons) of this sculptural group?

What is the result of Orestes' trial by jury?

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