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Quiz about The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley

"The Firebrand" by Marion Zimmer Bradley Quiz

This is a fantastic retelling of the fall of Troy from a women's perspective. All names use the Greek spelling.

A multiple-choice quiz by lurleen. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
lurleen

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
187,351

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
285

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Question 1 of 10

1. How old is Kassandra when she is fostered to the Amazons? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of Paris' first wife? Hint

Andromache

Helen

Oenone

Creusa

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which Queen is the mother of Andromache, the wife of Hector? Hint

Imandra

Klytemnestra

Hecuba

We are never told

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Question 4 of 10

4. How many Underworld gates does Kassandra pass through during her priestess initiation? Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. What modern medical name would we give to the sickness Khryse suffers from? Hint

Epilepsy

Asthma

Tuberculosis

Malaria

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Question 6 of 10

6. Kassandra more than once travels long distances to which city? Hint

Knossos

Athens

Colchis

Mykenae

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who begs Akhilles to give up Hector's body after he is killed? Hint

Priam, Andromache, Kassandra

Priam, Paris, Kassandra

Priam, Polyxena, Kassandra

Priam, Paris, Khryse

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Question 8 of 10

8. In this version of the siege of Troy who shoots the fatal arrow at Akhilles? Hint

Khryse

Apollo

Kassandra

Paris

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Question 9 of 10

9. An earthquake instead of the Trojan horse deception brings down the walls of Troy, in this version.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Khryse wants her, Aeneas loves her, Ajax rapes her and Agamemnon owns her. Who is the father of Kassandra's son? Hint

Aeneas

Khryse

Agamemnon

Ajax

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How old is Kassandra when she is fostered to the Amazons?

Answer: 12

Priam demands Kassandra shoulds be fostered out so her unmaidenly ways do not influence the other girls in the palace.

2. What is the name of Paris' first wife?

Answer: Oenone

When Paris marries Oenone he is unaware he is the son of the King of Troy. Oenone is a priestess of the River God Scamandar, an aspect of Poseidon.

3. Which Queen is the mother of Andromache, the wife of Hector?

Answer: Imandra

Andromache's name means "who fights like a man" - she is a disappointment to her mother Queen Imandra of Colchis as she only desires to be a wife not a warrior.

4. How many Underworld gates does Kassandra pass through during her priestess initiation?

Answer: 3

After imbibing a hallucinogen the voice of a Goddess tells Kassandra at the first gate "you must give up what binds you to Earth and the realms of Light". To pass through the second gate "you must give up your fears or whatever holds you back from travelling this realm as one of those whose feet know and treat the Path in my footprints". Kassandra then reaches the "third and final Gate of the Underworld.

Here there is nothing left to you but your life. Will you lay that down as well to serve Me?"

5. What modern medical name would we give to the sickness Khryse suffers from?

Answer: Epilepsy

When Khryse tries to seduce Kassandra in the temple of Apollo she resists and states that even if he was possessed by Apollo she wouldn't give him her maidenhood. Apollo then takes over Khryse's body and curses her; Khryse is never the same again and suffers from the "falling sickness".

6. Kassandra more than once travels long distances to which city?

Answer: Colchis

The first time, Kassandra travels with the Amazons, the second, she is determined to learn the snake lore after all the snakes in Apollo's temple in Troy leave or die.

7. Who begs Akhilles to give up Hector's body after he is killed?

Answer: Priam, Polyxena, Kassandra

As in most traditional versions of "The Iliad" the disrespectful Akhilles has defiled Hectors body by dragging it behind his chariot in front of the walls of Troy.

8. In this version of the siege of Troy who shoots the fatal arrow at Akhilles?

Answer: Kassandra

After the Amazon queen Penthesilia dies fighting the Akhaians and leaves her bow and arrow to Kassandra she dresses as Apollo and shoots a poisoned arrow at Akhilles. His ankle is targeted only because there is no armour covering it.

9. An earthquake instead of the Trojan horse deception brings down the walls of Troy, in this version.

Answer: True

The Trojans think the horse is built as a sacrifice to Poseidon but Kassandra dreams it has kicked down the walls of Troy. After an earthquake is sent by Poseidon the walls are destroyed and the horse is left lying with one leg raised against the rubble as if it has kicked them down.

10. Khryse wants her, Aeneas loves her, Ajax rapes her and Agamemnon owns her. Who is the father of Kassandra's son?

Answer: Agamemnon

After Troy has fallen Kassandra is claimed by Agamemnon as part of his loot. On the voyage to Mykenae Kassandra gives birth to Agathon. Agamemnon's ownership of Kassandra ends with his ritual slaying on the orders of Queen Klytemnestra after their arrival in Mykanae.

Source: Author lurleen

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