ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3r d’ESO
Course 2011-2012
TROY Comprehension Test
Name : ................................................................................................................................ group: ........... date: ...................
Option A
1-MATCH EACH NAME TO THE SUITABLE
GROUP: TROJANS OR GREEKS
____ ACHILES
____ ANDROMACHE
____ PRIAM
____ BRISEIS
____ HECTOR
____ MENELAUS
____ ODYSSEUS
____ PATROCLUS
____ AGAMEMNON
____ AJAX
____ APOLLONIANS
____ EUDORUS
____ HELEN
____ MYRMIDONS
____ PARIS
____ NESTOR
5-CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. Who was the women who was given to Achilles, and then
taken by Agamemnon?
a) Andromache
b) Abby
c) Helen
d) Briseis
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2-PUT THESE EVENTS IN ORDER.
____ Achiles kills Hector.
____ Achilles meets Briseis.
____ Hector kills Menelaus.
____ Hector kills Patroclus.
____ Helen runs away with Paris.
____ Odysseus asks Achilles to fight for the Greek.
____ Paris kills Achilles.
____ Priam visits Achilles at night.
____ The Greeks conquer the beach of Troy.
____ The Greeks burn Troy
____ The Greeks leave a horse on the shore.
____ The Trojans burn the Greeks’ ships.
_ 1__ Troy and Sparta become allies.
____/13
3-MATCH WORDS AND DEFINITIONS.
____ CROWS
____ RETREAT
____ FORWARD
____ COWARD
____ SAIL
____ SWORD
1-Person who avoids danger, pain or difficulty.
2-Cutting weapon with a sharp blade.
3-Directed or moving ahead.
4-To travel in a boat or ship.
5-Retire from action with an enemy.
6-Black birds, eat dead flesh.
4-MATCH WORDS AND TRANSLATIONS.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
GODDESS
DOOM
VOYAGE
WARRIOR
FLEET
ARCHERS
ROW
CURSE
BETRAY
SHIELD
HELMET
FEAR
LEAD
SPEAR
SWORD
ARQUERS
CASC
DEESA
DIRIGIR
ESCUT
ESPASA
FLOTA
GUERRER
LLANÇA
MALEDICCIÓ
PERDICIÓ
POR
REMAR
TRAIR
VIATGE
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2. What was the name of the man whom Hector killed in
order to save Paris?
a) Menelaus
b) Odysseys
c) Achilles
d) Agamemnon
3. Who killed Ajax?
a) Prince Hector
b) Prince Paris
c) Achilles
d) He survived
4. Who was the man Paris gave the sword of Troy to,
before re-entering the city to find Briseis?
a) Bob
b) Aeneas
c) Priam
d) Hector
5. The Trojans won the Trojan War.
a) True
b) False
6. "All my life, I've lived by a code and the code is simple:
Honor _____ , love your _____ and defend your _____."
What words complete this quote?
a) the gods; family; king
b) your father; mother;children
c) the gods; woman; country
d) your parents; country; family
7. "War is young men dying and old men talking. You know
this." Who does Odysseus say this to?
a) Agamemnon
b) Patroclus
c) Hector
d) Achilles
8. "I don't want a hero, my love. I want a man I can grow
old with." Who says this?
a) Helen
b) Briseis
c) Andromache
d) no one
9. "You don't ____ anyone. That's your problem." What, in
fact, is Achilles' problem, according to Odysseus?
a) He does not love anyone
b) He does not trust anyone
c) He does not show respect for anyone
d) He does not fear anyone
18. "So long as a Trojan carries it, our people will have a
future". What are they talking about?
a) The horse
b) Priam's sword
c) Hector's armour
d) Achilles' helmet
10. "There are no pacts between ____ and men." What
word completes this quote?
a) boys
b) mice
c) lions
d) gods
19. Who said "It's too early in the day for killing Princes"?
a) Menelaus
b) Agamemnon
c) Achilles
d) Hector
11. Who came up with the idea of building the wooden
horse in order to pass the walls of Troy?
a) Menelaus
b) Achilles
c) Odysseus
d) Agamemnon
12. Complete Odysseus' sentence. "______ do have a
tendency to complicate things."
a) Men
b) Women
c) Kings
d) Soldiers
13. Which king kills another king?
a) King Agamemnon
b) King Menelaus
c) King Priam
d) None
14. Who is Helens husband?
a) Paris
b) Hector
c) Menelaus
d) Achilles
20. Agamemnon said "the gods protect only the _____".
a) kings
b) soldier
c) strong
d) Achilles
21. Who said "Even enemies can show respect"?
a) Hector
b) Achilles
c) Priam
d) Agamemnon
22. "You gave me peace in a lifetime of war". Who is
Achilles talking to?
a) Odysseus
b) Briseis
c) Hellen
d) Patroclus
23. Odysseus says: "Let them say I walked with ____, that
I lived in the time of ______, tamer of horses. That I
lived in the time of _______".
a) giants, Hector, Achilles
b) Hector, Achilles, giants
c) gods, Hector, Achilles
d) Hector, Achilles, gods
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15. Who killed Paris ?
a) Helen
b) He didn't die
c) Achilles
d) Menelaus
16. Who says this "I'm not scared of dying, I'm scared of
tomorrow" ?
a) Paris
b) Hector
c) Helen
d) Andromache
17. Who said this-"You are a great king because you love all
of Troy, that is the way I love Helen "?
a) Achilles
b) Hector
c) Menelaus
d) Paris
(A)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3r d’ESO
Course 2011-2012
TROY Comprehension Test
Name : ................................................................................................................................ group: ........... date: ...................
Option B
1-MATCH EACH NAME TO THE SUITABLE
GROUP: TROJANS OR GREEKS
____ ACHILES
____ AGAMEMNON
____ AJAX
_ ___ANDROMACHE
____ APOLLONIANS
____ BRISEIS
____ EUDORUS
____ HECTOR
____ HELEN
____ MENELAUS
____ MYRMIDONS
____ NESTOR
____ ODYSSEUS
____ PARIS
____ PATROCLUS
____ PRIAM
_____/16
2-PUT THESE EVENTS IN ORDER.
____ Priam visits Achilles at night.
____ The Greeks conquer the beach of Troy.
____ The Greeks burn Troy
____ The Greeks leave a horse on the shore.
____ The Trojans burn the Greeks’ ships.
_ 1__ Troy and Sparta become allies.
____ Achiles kills Hector.
____ Achilles meets Briseis.
____ Hector kills Menelaus.
____ Hector kills Patroclus.
____ Helen runs away with Paris.
____ Odysseus asks Achilles to fight for the Greek.
____ Paris kills Achilles.
____/13
3-MATCH WORDS AND DEFINITIONS.
____ CROWS
____ RETREAT
____ FORWARD
____ COWARD
____ SAIL
____ SWORD
____/6
1-Person who avoids danger, pain or difficulty.
2-Cutting weapon with a sharp blade.
3-Directed or moving ahead.
4-To travel in a boat or ship.
5-Retire from action with an enemy.
6-Black birds, eat dead flesh.
4-MATCH WORDS AND TRANSLATIONS ___/15
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15.
GODDESS
DOOM
VOYAGE
WARRIOR
FLEET
ARCHERS
ROW
CURSE
BETRAY
SHIELD
HELMET
FEAR
LEAD
SPEAR
SWORD
ARQUERS
CASC
DEESA
DIRIGIR
ESCUT
ESPASA
FLOTA
GUERRER
LLANÇA
MALEDICCIÓ
PERDICIÓ
POR
REMAR
TRAIR
VIATGE
5-CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. How many times did Achilles yell "Hector" outsie the
Trojan walls?
a) 5
b) 10
c) 11
d) 9
2. 4. How was Patroclus related to Achilles?
a) Brothers
b) Cousins
c) Good friends
d) Father and son
3. Who killed Odysseus?
a) Hector
b) Priam
c) Paris
d) He survived
4. Finish this quote - "As long as this sword is in the hands
of a Trojan ________ "
a) the Greeks cannot defeat us.
b) our people have a future.
c) Hector cannot be killed.
d) the walls of Troy will always stand.
5. During one of the scenes, Helen says this line to Paris:
"I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid of ____." What, in
fact, is Helen afraid of?
a) him
b) tomorrow
c) you
d) the dark
6. "Do you know what's there, waiting, beyond that beach?
Immortality! Take it! It's yours!" Who says these words?
a) Hector
b) Achilles
c) Agamemnon
d) Odysseus
7. "Before my time is done, I will look down on your corpse
and smile." What did Agamemnon do to make Achilles say
this?
a) Agamemnon killed Odysseus
b) Agamemnon stole his sword
c) Agamemnon took Briseis from him
d) Agamemnon tricked his cousin, Patroclus
8. "The gods envy us. They envy us because we're _____."
What are they?
a) human
b) in love
c) here
d) mortal
9. Sometimes you have to serve in order to lead." Who says
this?
a) Achilles
b) Priam
c) Hector
d) Odysseus
10. In the beginning of the movie, what shape is Hector
carving out of wood for his son? (It is also what Achilles
compares himself to.)
a) a tree
b) an eagle
c) a lion
d) a sword
11. What relation is Briseis to Prince Hector?
a) his cousin
b) his wife
c) his sister
d) his mother
12. Who kills Achilles' cousin, Patroclus?
a) Agamemnon
b) Hector
c) Priam
d) Paris
13. Complete Achilles' sentence. "I won't let a ______ rob
me of my glory."
a) coward
b) stone
c) fool
d) horse
14. Who kills Hector ?
a) Paris
b) Menelaus
c) Patroclus
d) Achilles
15. Where does Helen and Paris meet ?
a) Sparta
b) Troy
c) Ithaca
d) Athens
16. Who says this-"Until the day they burn my bones i will
love you"?
a) Andromache
b) Paris
c) Helen
d) Hector
17. The Trojans thought the horse was a gift for ______.
a) Them
b) Apollo
c) Zeus
d) Poseidon
18. Who said "Will they do the same for us"?
a) Hector to a soldier
b) A soldier to Hector
c) Paris to Hector
d) Paris to a soldier
19. Who said "History remembers kings, not soldiers"?
a) Hector
b) Achilles
c) Odysseus
d) Agamemnon
20. Who said " No father ever had a better son"?
a) Achilles
b) Hector
c) Paris
d) Priam
21. Priam said "Let me wash his body, let me say the
prayers. Let me place two coins for the ______"
a) king
b) corpse
c) gods
d) boatman
22. Achilles said "Go _______ , this is the last order I give
you".
a) Patroclus
b) Eudorus
c) Odysseus
d) Agamemnon
23. Odysseus says: "Let them say I walked with ____, that
I lived in the time of ______, tamer of horses. That I
lived in the time of _______".
a) giants, Hector, Achilles
b) Hector, Achilles, giants
c) gods, Hector, Achilles
d) Hector, Achilles, gods
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(B)