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SETTING 8 Achilles’s mother puts him in ___ when he is a

Choose the best answer. child.

1 The Greek Gods live ___ . a □ the sea

a □ on Mount Ida b □ a fire
b □ in Thessaly c □ the River Styx
c □ in Mycenae d □ a boat
d □ on Mount Olympus
9 Helen comes from ___ .
2 When he is a boy, Paris lives ___ . a □ Sparta
a □ on Mount Ida b □ Mycenae
b □ west of Troy c □ Ithaca
c □ north of Troy d □ Thessaly
d □ on Mount Olympus
10 Hector dies in ___ .
3 Agamemnon is from ___ . a □ the sea
a □ Sparta b □ bed
b □ Mycenae c □ Achilles’s tent
c □ Ithaca d □ a battle
d □ Thessaly
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4 Ulysses is from ___ .
a □ Sparta
CHARACTERS
b □ Mycenae
Choose the best answer.
c □ Ithaca
d □ Thessaly
11 ___ is the goddess of love.
a □ Hera
5 Menelaus is from ___ .
b □ Aphrodite
a □ Sparta
c □ Eris
b □ Mycenae
d □ Thetis
c □ Ithaca
d □ Thessaly
12 ___ is the goddess of disagreements.
a □ Athena
6 When he is a young man, Paris meets his father
b □ Thetis
again ___ .
c □ Eris
a □ on a boat
d □ Hera
b □ at the Trojan Games
c □ on Mount Ida
13 ___ is the Queen of the Greek gods.
d □ in Agelaus’s house
a □ Hera
b □ Aphrodite
7 Achilles is from ___ .
c □ Athena
a □ Sparta
d □ Thetis
b □ Mycenae
c □ Ithaca
14 ___ is Zeus’s daughter.
d □ Thessaly
a □ Hera
b □ Thetis
c □ Eris
d □ Athena

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15 ___ is Agamemnon’s brother. 22 ‘Goddesses, here’s something for you.’
a □ Menelaus a □ Eris
b □ Peleus b □ Zeus
c □ Patroclus c □ Hermes
d □ Odysseus d □ Peleus

16 ___ is Cassandra’s father. 23 ‘Let’s ask Zeus.’

a □ Hector a □ Athena
b □ Priam b □ Aphrodite
c □ Agelaus c □ Hermes
d □ Paris d □ Hera

17 ___ is Achilles’s best friend. 24 ‘Who is the most beautiful goddess of them all?’
a □ Odysseus a □ Eris
b □ Peleus b □ Hermes
c □ Patroclus c □ Zeus
d □ Menelaus d □ Paris

18 ___ is Achilles’s mother. 25 ‘You must come home with me.’

a □ Aphrodite a □ Hector
b □ Hera b □ Hecuba
c □ Athena c □ Priam
d □ Thetis d □ Paris

19 ___ is Achilles’s father. 26 ‘Please stay and talk with me.’

a □ Odysseus a □ Helen
b □ Peleus b □ Paris
c □ Menelaus c □ Thetis
d □ Agamemnon d □ Menelaus

20 ___ takes Helen to Troy with him. 27 ‘I see Troy in flames and all our family dead.’
a □ Hector a □ Hector
b □ Agelaus b □ Hecuba
c □ Priam c □ Priam
d □ Paris d □ Cassandra

20 marks 28 ‘We must fight the Trojans.’

a □ Menelaus
b □ Agamemnon
DIALOGUE
c □ Odysseus
Who says this?
d □ Peleus
21 ‘Take this child into the mountains.’
29 ‘How can we win this war?’
a □ Hecuba
a □ Menelaus
b □ Priam
b □ Agamemnon
c □ Cassandra
c □ Odysseus
d □ Hector
d □ Peleus

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30 ‘Please come and fight.’ 37 to hit someone many times
a □ Patroclus a □ poison
b □ Agamemnon b □ fight
c □ Odysseus c □ choose
d □ Peleus d □ win

20 marks 38 saying true things

a □ weak
b □ golden
VOCABULARY
c □ great
Choose the best answer.
d □ honest
31 to go for the best thing
39 people give you this when you are the best
a □ poison
a □ armour
b □ win
b □ sword
c □ choose
c □ prize
d □ marry
d □ prophecy
32 most important
40 this is near the sea
a □ great
a □ mountain
b □ golden
b □ beach
c □ wooden
c □ river
d □ honest
d □ gate
33 this person comes and tells people something
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a □ priest
b □ priestess
c □ shepherd PLOT
d □ messenger Choose the best answer.

34 people cannot kill you easily when you wear this 41 Agelaus gives a dead ___ heart to Priam.
a □ armour a □ sheep’s
b □ sword b □ child’s
c □ arrow c □ dog’s
d □ tent d □ cat’s

35 a very bad thing 42 Peleus forgets to ask ___ to his wedding.

a □ disagreement a □ Hermes
b □ deed b □ Eris
c □ battle c □ Aphrodite
d □ disaster d □ Thetis

36 a big door into – or out of – a town 43 The goddess Eris leaves ___ on the table.
a □ tent a □ a golden apple
b □ beach b □ golden armour
c □ gate c □ a golden horse
d □ deed d □ money

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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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SETTING PLOT
1d 41 c
2a 42 b
3b 43 a
4c 44 d
5a 45 b
6b 46 c
7d 47 a
8c 48 d
9a 49 a
10 d 50 c

CHARACTERS
11 b
12 c
13 a
14 d
15 a
16 b
17 c
18 d
19 b
20 d

DIALOGUE
21 b
22 a
23 d
24 b
25 c
26 a
27 d
28 b
29 c
30 a

VOCABULARY
31 c
32 a
33 d
34 a
35 d
36 c
37 b
38 d
39 c
40 b

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Activities Page 11
BEFORE READING
1 a3, b4, c2, d1 READING CHECK
2 a [4] Paris hears about the Trojan Games.
a son b [8] Agelaus tells King Priam all about Paris.
b sister and brother c [1] Hermes and the goddesses take the apple to
c brothers Mount Ida.
d son d [10] Paris goes and lives with Priam and his family.
3 e [3] The gods go back to Mount Olympus.
a ii f [6] King Priam gives the first prize to Paris.
bi g [9] Priam cries happily because Paris is alive
h [2] Paris gives the apple to Aphrodite.
Activities Page 3 i [7] Paris tells Priam, ‘I’m Paris, from Mount Ida.’
j [5] Paris goes to Troy and runs in the Games.
READING CHECK
b Cassandra GUESS WHAT
c isn’t a No
d disaster b Yes
e men c Yes
f die d Yes
g Ida e No
h woman f Yes
i dog’s g Yes
j smiles
Activities Page 15
GUESS WHAT
a, e and f happen in the next chapter READING CHECK
b Peleus and Thetis have a son, Achilles.
Activities Page 7 c A priestess tells Thetis, ‘Your son must die in Troy.’
d Thetis puts her child in the River Styx for a minute.
READING CHECK e After that no sword can go through his body.
b True f But the boy’s left heel stays weak.
c False. (King Peleus marries Thetis, a sea g Paris takes Helen home with him to Troy.
goddess.) h Menelaus is angry when he learns of Paris’s visit
d True to Sparta.
e True i Menelaus goes and speaks with his brother
f False. (Eris arrives and puts a golden apple on the Agamemnon.
table.)
g False. (She laughs angrily when she leaves) GUESS WHAT
h True These things happen in the next chapter:
i True a 1 and 3
b 1 and 2
GUESS WHAT
a3, b2, and c1 happen in the next chapter

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2 Carthage is a famous lost city. You can find it in
Activities Page 19 Tunis, in modern day Tunisia. It is a Phoenician city.
You can read about it in the Roman writer Virgil’s
READING CHECK long poem ‘The Aeneid’. This is about the Trojan
b Menelaus…Odysseus Aeneas, his journey from Troy to Italy, and the
c Priam beginning of the Roman Empire. Carthage is the
d Helen home of the Carthaginian Queen Dido in that poem.
e Agamemnon These days you can see the ruins of the old
f Menelaus…Paris Phoenician city in Tunis. Carthage is a UNESCO
g Paris World Heritage site.
h Jelen…Paris 3 Students’ own answers.
i Achilles…Patroclus
j Thetis Project Pages 26–27

GUESS WHAT PROJECT B FOUR-WORD HEADLINES

These things happen in the next chapter: 1
d1 Odysseus goes to Greece for Achilles and a4
Patroclus. b6
b2 Hector kills Patroclus. c3
a3 Achilles kills Hector. d5
f4 Priam asks for his son’s dead body. e2
e5 Paris kills Achilles. f1
c6 Menelaus finds Helen and takes her back. 2
Activities Page 23 Chapter 1: d
Chapter 2: b
READING CHECK Chapter 3: a
b2 Chapter 4: e
c2 Chapter 5: f
d1 Chapter 6: c
e1 3
a OLD KING LOSES QUEEN
b THREE WANT GOLDEN APPLE
GUESS WHAT c KING’S SON WINS PRIZE
Students’ own ideas. d BATTLE OVER TROJAN GIRL
4 Students’ own answers.
Project Pages 24–25
Activity Pages 28–30
PROJECT A A FAMOUS LOST CITY
WORD WORK 1
1
b sheep
c heart
d queen
e shepherd
f mountain

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b in flames
c honest
d god…goddess
e marries
f wedding
g disagreement
h golden
i messenger

WORD WORK 2
1
b fight
c priestess
d prize
e sword
f river
2
b chooses
c Trojan
d Games
e wins
f deeds
g weaker

WORD WORK 3
1
b tent
c beach
d gates
e armour
f present
g priest
h arrow
2
b war
c battle
d wooden
e poison
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b more honest
c weaker
d more careful
e hungrier
f faster
g angrier
h more beautiful
i greater
2
b Patroclus is weaker than Achilles.
c Aphrodite is more beautiful than Hera.
d Zeus is hungrier than Hermes.
e Paris is faster than Menelaus.
f Paris is more honest than Agelaus.
g Eris is angrier than Athena.
h Agamemnon is greater than Menelaus.
i Odysseus is more careful than Priam.
3
I’m King Priam’s son, Paris. I love my father greatly.
My brother Hector fights well. I fight badly, but I can
run fast. I love a wonderful woman – Helen. She
speaks nicely and dresses beautifully. But my
mother isn’t very warm to her. And my sister
Cassandra is afraid of her. She tells me that
honestly and openly.
4
b2
e2
d1
e2
f1
5
b its
c his
d their
e Our
f My
g Your
h her
6
b his
c her
d My…his
e their
f my
g her…her

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