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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. Who is considered more intelligent than all the suitors combined?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Penelope.

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 become slaves of their husbands.
(c) Women are deceitful and power-hungry.
(d) Women marry younger men of their own choice.

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

4. Who marries in Sparta in a wonderful ceremony?
(a) Odysseus and Penelope.
(b) Tyndareus and Penelope.
(c) Helen and Menelaus.
(d) Helen and Odysseus.

5. What does Aphrodite apparently promise the Trojan prince?
(a) Aphrodite promises the Trojan prince that he will win any war he fights.
(b) Aphrodite promises that the Trojan prince will be eternally youthful.
(c) If Aphrodite becomes the winner of a contest among three goddesses, she will give Helen to the Trojan prince.
(d) If Aphrodite is made queen of Sparta, she will grant the Trojan prince anything he desires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is deeply troubled by the love affair?

2. Where does Helen's sadness stem from?

3. Who has hairy arms?

4. Who is considered as beautiful as Aphrodite?

5. Who does not notice the covert flirtation occurring at the king's dinner table?

(see the answer key)

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