1. Before Paris met Helen, he’d been living in Mount Ida with another chick named ___________.
   A)  A. Clytaemnestra

   B)  B. Hecuba

   C)  C. Oenone

   D)  D. Hermione

   E) E. Polyxena

2. Later, in the Trojan War, when Paris was mortally wounded by Philoctetes, she was the only one who could cure him. He went back to her, blaming fate for having dragged him to Helen. What did she do?
   A)  A. She at first refused to help, but then relented.

   B)  B. She told him to go to Hel..en.

   C)  C. She received him with open arms.

   D)  D. She agreed to help, and then poisoned him.

   E) E. A and B are correct.

3. In the Trojan War, sometimes captive women fell in love with their captors. This, however, was NOT the case of:
   A)  A. Tecmessa (and Ajax)

   B)  B. Cassandra (and Agamemnon)

   C)  C. Briseis (and Achilles)

   D)  D. Andromache (and Neoptolemus)

   E) E. B and D are correct

4. Odysseus’s faithful Penelope ended up marrying the man who murdered her spouse. Who was he?
   A)  A. Her own stepson

   B)  B. Circe’s son

   C)  C. Antigoos

   D)  D. A and B are correct.

   E) E. A, B and C are correct.

5. One of the most tragic figures of the Trojan War was Agamemnon’s daughter Iphigenia. She was taken to Aulis under the pretext that she was to marry the great warrior Achilles. But to her horror, when she arrived she learned that...
   A)  A. Achilles had been slain by Paris.

   B)  B. She would be given as concubine to Paris’s brother Deiphobus.

   C)  C. She would be sacrificed to Artemis.

   D)  D. She would be sacrificed on Achilles’s funeral pyre.

6. Another story of love and deception is that of Achilles, who was lured to the temple of Apollo by a promise of marriage to the Trojan princess Polyxena. At the temple, she assured him, they would complete the marriage arrangement. But what happened instead?
   A)  A. Polyxena’s brother Troilus appeared and slew Achilles.

   B)  B. Paris shot Achilles in his vulnerable heel.

   C)  C. Polyxena caught sight of Achilles’s son Pyrrhus and fell in love with him.

   D)  D. Paris dragged Pyrrhus to the altar and slew him right there.

7. Achilles got around a bit! An episode of love at first sight occurred between him and the Amazon queen Penthesilea, against whom he fought during the Trojan War. Why didn’t she reciprocate his affections?
   A)  A. Because he killed her. Duh!

   B)  B. Because she was betrothed to a man named Chalcon.

   C)  C. Because she was a Trojan ally.

   D)  D. Because she was in love with another Amazon queen.

8. Helen’s daughter Hermione was betrothed to two men. Which one finally got the girl?
   A)  A. Neoptolemus

   B)  B. Diomedes

   C)  C. Orestes

   D)  D. Pyrrhus

9. Aphrodite (who is sometimes blamed for Helen’s infatuation) was married to Hephaistos, the god of fire and smiths. This couple was not a happy one, for Aphrodite was a creature who loved physical beauty and Hephaistos wasn’t much of a looker. So in hopes of making his wife happy, Hephaistos showered her with extraordinary gifts. One such gift was...
   A)  A. A bed forged of gold.

   B)  B. A golden girdle that made anyone who wore it irresistible.

   C)  C. A special belt that trapped her lovers naked in bed.

   D)  D. A pair of bulls that puffed fire from their mouths.

10. Overheard somewhere in Carthage: "Unfaithful Trojan! Did you think you could skulk from my land without one word?". This was probably said by...
   A)  A. Dido, before killing Aeneas.

   B)  B. Oenone, before immolating herself.

   C)  C. Hera, before smiting Aeneas and his followers.

   D)  D. Elissa, before immolating herself.