Troy

DOMINOES Quick Starter

SETTING DIALOGUE

Tests
Choose the best answer. Who says this?
1 The Greek Gods live ___ . 21 ‘Take this child into the mountains.’
a on Mount Ida  b in Thessaly  c in Mycenae  a Hecuba  b Priam  c Cassandra  d Hector
d on Mount Olympus
22 ‘Goddesses, here’s something for you.’
2 When he is a boy, Paris lives ___ . a Eris  b Zeus  c Hermes  d Peleus
a on Mount Ida  b west of Troy  c north of Troy 
d on Mount Olympus 23 ‘Let’s ask Zeus.’
a Athena  b Aphrodite  c Hermes  d Hera
3 Agamemnon is from ___ .
a Sparta  b Mycenae  c Ithaca  d Thessaly 24 ‘Who is the most beautiful goddess of them all?’
a Eris  b Hermes  c Zeus  d Paris
4 Ulysses is from ___ .
a Sparta  b Mycenae  c Ithaca  d Thessaly 25 ‘You must come home with me.’
a Hector  b Hecuba  c Priam  d Paris
5 Menelaus is from ___ .
a Sparta  b Mycenae  c Ithaca  d Thessaly 26 ‘Please stay and talk with me.’
a Helen  b Paris  c Thetis  d Menelaus
6 When he is a young man, Paris meets his father again ___ .
a on a boat  b at the Trojan Games  c on Mount Ida  27 ‘I see Troy in flames and all our family dead.’
d in Agelaus’s house a Hector  b Hecuba  c Priam  d Cassandra

7 Achilles is from ___ . 28 ‘We must fight the Trojans.’

a Sparta  b Mycenae  c Ithaca  d Thessaly a Menelaus  b Agamemnon  c Odysseus  d Peleus

8 Achilles’s mother puts him in ___ when he is a child. 29 ‘How can we win this war?’
a the sea  b a fire  c the River Styx  d a boat a Menelaus  b Agamemnon  c Odysseus  d Peleus

9 Helen comes from ___ . 30 ‘Please come and fight.’

a Sparta  b Mycenae  c Ithaca  d Thessaly a Patroclus  b Agamemnon  c Odysseus  d Peleus

10 Hector dies in ___ . 20 marks

a the sea  b bed  c Achilles’s tent  d a battle
20 marks VOCABULARY
Choose the best answer.
CHARACTERS 31 to go for the best thing
Choose the best answer. a poison  b win  c choose  d marry

11 ___ is the goddess of love. 32 most important

a Hera  b Aphrodite  c Eris  d Thetis a great  b golden  c wooden  d honest

12 ___ is the goddess of disagreements. 33 this person comes and tells people something
a Athena  b Thetis  c Eris  d Hera a priest  b priestess  c shepherd  d messenger

13 ___ is the Queen of the Greek gods. 34 people cannot kill you easily when you wear this
a Hera  b Aphrodite  c Athena  d Thetis a armour  b sword  c arrow  d tent

14 ___ is Zeus’s daughter. 35 a very bad thing

a Hera  b Thetis  c Eris  d Athena a disagreement  b deed  c battle  d disaster

15 ___ is Agamemnon’s brother. 36 a big door into – or out of – a town

a Menelaus  b Peleus  c Patroclus  d Odysseus a tent  b beach  c gate  d deed

16 ___ is Cassandra’s father. 37 to hit someone many times

a Hector  b Priam  c Agelaus  d Paris a poison  b fight  c choose  d win

17 ___ is Achilles’s best friend. 38 saying true things

a Odysseus  b Peleus  c Patroclus  d Menelaus a weak  b golden  c great  d honest

18 ___ is Achilles’s mother. 39 people give you this when you are the best
a Aphrodite  b Hera  c Athena  d Thetis a armour  b sword  c prize  d prophecy

19 ___ is Achilles’s father. 40 this is near the sea

a Odysseus  b Peleus  c Menelaus  d Agamemnon a mountain  b beach  c river  d gate

20 ___ takes Helen to Troy with him. 20 marks

a Hector  b Agelaus  c Priam  d Paris
20 marks

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PLOT

Tests
Choose the best answer.
41 Agelaus gives a dead ___ heart to Priam.
a sheep’s  b child’s  c dog’s  d cat’s
42 Peleus forgets to ask ___ to his wedding.
a Hermes  b Eris  c Aphrodite  d Thetis
43 The goddess Eris leaves ___ on the table.
a a golden apple  b golden armour  c a golden horse 
d money
44 Paris gives the golden apple to ___ .
a Hera  b Hermes  c Athena  d Aphrodite
45 Thetis gives ___ to Achilles.
a black arrows  b golden armour  c a golden sword 
d a golden heart
46 ___ wears Achilles’s armour in battle.
a Menelaus  b Odysseus  c Patroclus  d Agamemnon
47 ___ kills Patroclus.
a Hector  b Paris  c Priam  d Agelaus
48 ___ kills Hector.
a Agamemnon  b Menelaus  c Odysseus  d Achilles
49 ___ kills Achilles.
a Paris  b Priam  c Agelaus  d Cassandra
50 ___ gets out of the Trojan horse with his men at night.
a Menelaus  b Agamemnon  c Odysseus  d Peleus
20 marks

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Test Key
MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST: ANSWER KEY
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