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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. Who are some of the Greek hero's victims?
(a) Coroebus, Pandarus, and Othronus.
(b) Paris, Helen, and Helenus.
(c) King Agamemnon, Hector, and Menelaus.
(d) Cassandra, Odysseus, and Penelope.

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

3. Which character charms everyone in Troy?
(a) Helen.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Priam.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which characters scheme against the Greek warrior by playing upon his attraction to a young princess?

2. Who sacks the city of Sion?

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

4. Who will come to negotiate the release of the Spartan queen?

5. What is the name of the child born to the rulers of Sparta?

(see the answer key)

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