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

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 marry younger men of their own choice.
(d) Women become slaves of their husbands.

3. Who is deeply troubled by the love affair?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Priam.
(c) Paris.
(d) Helen.

4. Who falls in love soon after the royal banquet?
(a) Helen and Priam.
(b) Paris and Helen.
(c) Paris and Penelope.
(d) Menelaus and Hessia.

5. In Part 1, Chapter 4, what is the pivotal act?
(a) The young woman's escape aboard a Grecian ship.
(b) The king's marriage to the young woman.
(c) The transformation of the young woman into a symbol of power and beauty.
(d) The king's decision to abdicate his throne.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Helen's sadness stem from?

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

4. In Part 1, Chapter 4, what does the king do that reveals his wisdom?

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

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