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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the child born to the rulers of Sparta?
(a) Hellespont.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Tyrone.
(d) Hermione.

2. Who does not notice the covert flirtation occurring at the king's dinner table?
(a) Priam.
(b) Paris.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Helen.

3. 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 young man is old enough to train as a warrior.
(d) That a warrior has given up battle and was settling into domestic life.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is promised to Menelaus?

2. Who falls in love soon after the royal banquet?

3. Who interrupts the suitors in the men's hall to present a plan for choosing the winning suitor?

4. What is considered forbidden fruit?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 6, what is the decision-making process compared to?

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