CCI 205 Midterm Exam 2- Questions with
Correct Answers 2025-2026
What were the Greeks more interested in concerning the Trojan War? - CORRECT ANSWER -
More interested in
-How the war got started
-What happened to the people after the war ended (how/if they got home)
What was the location of the Trojan War? - CORRECT ANSWER -Troy
What was the Odyssey about? - CORRECT ANSWER -
How Odysseus tried to sail from Troy backRto Ithaca (western part of Greece) after the war.
-This journey was supposed to take a couple of weeks but ended up taking 10 years.
Who's wedding ultimately started the Trojan War? - CORRECT ANSWER -Pelius and Thetis
Who were Pelius and Thetis? - CORRECT ANSWER -Pelius
-mortal king
Thetis
-minor goddess of sea
-very beautiful, many gods interested in her
***-Prophecy that Thetis would give birth to a son who would become greater than his father-
this made gods back off and not want to marry her
Who said that they had to get married? - CORRECT ANSWER -Zeus said that Thetis had to marry Thetis/
-she is not happy about this, but she doesn't have a choice (Zeus said so)
Who was notRinvited to the wedding? - CORRECT ANSWER -Eris
, -Goddess of Quarreling
**She came to the wedding anyways
Eris and the Golden Apple - CORRECT ANSWER -Eris brings a golden apple to the wedding
-"For the fairest" is written on it
-Rolls it down the table where Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite are all sitting
-They all reach for it at the same time > quarrel breaks out
How did they decide who the fairest was? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite decide to askRZeus-
he decides to get someone else to judge (he cannot decide between his wife and 2 daughters
Who did Zeus choose to settle the quarrel among the goddesses? - CORRECT ANSWER -Paris
-Trojan shepherd
Goddesses travel to see Paris - CORRECT ANSWER -
Zeus tells Hermes (messenger god) to take the goddesses to Paris
-Paris says that each goddess has to meet with him privately and w/ no clothing on
Who met with Paris first? - CORRECT ANSWER -Hera
What did each goddess offer Paris? - CORRECT ANSWER -Hera
-Will make him ruler of greatest empire in the whole world- most powerful man
Athena
-Will make him the greatest warrior the world has ever seen
Aphrodite
-Will give him the most beautiful woman to be his wife
Correct Answers 2025-2026
What were the Greeks more interested in concerning the Trojan War? - CORRECT ANSWER -
More interested in
-How the war got started
-What happened to the people after the war ended (how/if they got home)
What was the location of the Trojan War? - CORRECT ANSWER -Troy
What was the Odyssey about? - CORRECT ANSWER -
How Odysseus tried to sail from Troy backRto Ithaca (western part of Greece) after the war.
-This journey was supposed to take a couple of weeks but ended up taking 10 years.
Who's wedding ultimately started the Trojan War? - CORRECT ANSWER -Pelius and Thetis
Who were Pelius and Thetis? - CORRECT ANSWER -Pelius
-mortal king
Thetis
-minor goddess of sea
-very beautiful, many gods interested in her
***-Prophecy that Thetis would give birth to a son who would become greater than his father-
this made gods back off and not want to marry her
Who said that they had to get married? - CORRECT ANSWER -Zeus said that Thetis had to marry Thetis/
-she is not happy about this, but she doesn't have a choice (Zeus said so)
Who was notRinvited to the wedding? - CORRECT ANSWER -Eris
, -Goddess of Quarreling
**She came to the wedding anyways
Eris and the Golden Apple - CORRECT ANSWER -Eris brings a golden apple to the wedding
-"For the fairest" is written on it
-Rolls it down the table where Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite are all sitting
-They all reach for it at the same time > quarrel breaks out
How did they decide who the fairest was? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite decide to askRZeus-
he decides to get someone else to judge (he cannot decide between his wife and 2 daughters
Who did Zeus choose to settle the quarrel among the goddesses? - CORRECT ANSWER -Paris
-Trojan shepherd
Goddesses travel to see Paris - CORRECT ANSWER -
Zeus tells Hermes (messenger god) to take the goddesses to Paris
-Paris says that each goddess has to meet with him privately and w/ no clothing on
Who met with Paris first? - CORRECT ANSWER -Hera
What did each goddess offer Paris? - CORRECT ANSWER -Hera
-Will make him ruler of greatest empire in the whole world- most powerful man
Athena
-Will make him the greatest warrior the world has ever seen
Aphrodite
-Will give him the most beautiful woman to be his wife
