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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is revealed about women in Greek society in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Women become slaves of their husbands.
(b) Women marry younger men of their own choice.
(c) Women are deceitful and power-hungry.
(d) Women are considered objects of beauty and lack power over their own lives.

2. Who further agitates discussions and serves as a mouthpiece for the Trojan prince?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Nestor.
(c) Antimachus.
(d) Odysseus.

3. Which character has thirteen suitors?
(a) Helen.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Demeter.

4. Which character is recognizable by long hair and a dance of death?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Hector.

5. What does the Oracle predict that troubles Penelope?
(a) The war will destroy her home.
(b) Her best friend will die.
(c) Her son will die in the upcoming war.
(d) Her husband will leave to fight in the war and not return home for twenty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is pleased by the arrival of the Spartan queen?

2. What is the reason the Grecian king might consider going to war?

3. Who is pleased to have the Trojan prince stay?

4. Who exerts a power over the queen that cannot be stopped?

5. Who packs to leave despite objections from the nurse in Part 1, Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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