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

2. Who becomes transformed from a demanding, nail-biting, impatient person to a graceful and alluring person?
(a) Servant girl.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Helen.
(d) Penelope.

3. What area is the gateway to Asia Minor?
(a) Hellespont.
(b) Athens.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Troy.

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

5. What does the Oracle predict that troubles Penelope?
(a) Her best friend will die.
(b) The war will destroy her home.
(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. Which character has thirteen suitors?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 4, what is the pivotal act?

3. Who is the character that does not believe the legend of Zeus becoming a swan to mate with mortal women?

4. What is considered forbidden fruit?

5. What are the bitter choices facing the queen if she departs?

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