The Trojan War Quiz

Question: Which author is typically credited for assembling stories from the Trojan War?

Answer: Homer is typically given credit for assembling stories from the Trojan War.

Question: What is the name of the king of Sparta, whose wife, Helen, fled Sparta with the son of the king of Troy?

Answer: Menelaus was the king of Sparta whose wife, Helen, fled Sparta with the son of the king of Troy.

Question: Which god guided Paris’s arrow to strike Achilles’ only vulnerable point, his heel, and eventually kill him?

Answer: The god Apollo guided Paris’s arrow to strike Achilles’ only vulnerable point, his heel, and eventually kill him.

Question: Troy withstood a Greek siege for how many years?

Answer: Troy withstood a Greek siege for 10 years.

Question: Who was Troy’s finest warrior, who was killed by Achilles?

Answer: Achilles, Agamemnon’s finest warrior, killed Troy’s finest warrior, Hector.

Question: Who was the principal wife of the king of Troy during the Trojan War?

Answer: Hecuba was the principal wife of Priam, the king of Troy during the Trojan War.

Question: Who commanded the Greek armies that sought to recover Helen from Troy?

Answer: Agamemnon (Menelaus’s brother) commanded the Greek armies that sought to recover Helen from Troy.

Question: Who is the author of the Aeneid, which contains what many consider to be the best known account of the sacking of Troy?

Answer: Virgil’s Aeneid contains what many consider to be the best known account of the sacking of Troy. It remained unfinished at the time of his death.

Question: Who was the king of Troy during the Trojan War?

Answer: Priam was the king of Troy during the Trojan War.