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The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships

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Introduction:
"This quiz is about Helen of Troy. She is the daughter of Zeus and Leda, the wife of King Tyndareus. Helen's beauty is said to be the cause of the Trojan War."


1. Helen's father was Zeus, and he was said to have appeared to her mother, Leda, as a swan. What color egg was Helen said to have been hatched from?
    White
    Green
    Blue
    Yellow


2. When of age to be married, Helen had many suitors, so King Tyndareus made all the men swear an oath that they would be content with whoever Helen chose to marry. Whom did she end up choosing?
    Odysseus
    Nestor
    Achilles
    Menelaus


3. Odysseus was the man who came up with the idea of the oath and proposed it to Tyndareus. What did Odysseus want in return?
    The hand of Helen in marriage
    All of Sparta
    Gold
    The hand of Penelope in marriage


4. Helen and Menelaus had one child. What was her name?
    Persephone
    Hecuba
    Hermione
    Clytemnestra


5. Who sailed to Greece and, in kind words, swept Helen off of her feet?
    Paris
    Priam
    Deiphobus
    Hector


6. After discovering that Helen had sailed away with her new lover, what did Menelaus do?
    Married somebody else
    Followed after them by himself
    Gathered all of Helen's suitors
    Moved back to Mycenae


7. During the Trojan War, was it Menelaus that killed his wife's lover?
    Yes
    No


8. After the death of Paris, Helen gets married to Deiphobus. This is Helen's choice, as she has wanted him all along.
    True
    False


9. After the fall of Troy, Helen and Menelaus were brought back together. On their way back to Sparta, however, storms sent their ship in other directions. Which of the following places did they NOT land on before they reached Sparta?
    Egypt
    Cyprus
    Phoenicia
    Ithaca


10. After Menelaus died, Helen was driven out of Sparta by Nicostratus and Megapenthes, escaping to Rhodes. Who was said to have killed Helen while she was in Rhodes?
    Polyxo's servants
    Agamemnon's servants
    Priam's servants
    Odysseus


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