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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 does the act of growing a beard signify in Greek culture?
(a) That a young man is old enough to train as a warrior.
(b) That a warrior has given up battle and was settling into domestic life.
(c) That a man is ready for battle.
(d) That a young man is old enough to marry.

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

3. Who exerts a power over the queen that cannot be stopped?
(a) Helen and Penelope.
(b) Hermione and Hessia.
(c) Aphrodite and Paris.
(d) Menelaus and Odysseus.

4. Who has hairy arms?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Helen.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Odysseus.

5. Whose name means final battle?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Hermione.
(c) Telemachus.
(d) Hellespont.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is most distraught about the conflict?

2. Who sails up the Hellespont to raid Thrace?

3. Which character has thirteen suitors?

4. Who is considered more intelligent than all the suitors combined?

5. What do the women do when there is a lull in the battle?

(see the answer key)

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