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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which characters scheme against the Greek warrior by playing upon his attraction to a young princess?
(a) Helen and Polyxena.
(b) Penelope and Helen.
(c) Cassandra and Polyxena.
(d) Cassandra and Helen.

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

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

4. Who is happy to see the leader of the Trojan army is safe?
(a) Andromache.
(b) Priam.
(c) Hector.
(d) Helen.

5. Who sails up the Hellespont to raid Thrace?
(a) Achilles and his battalion of Myrmidons.
(b) Paris and his archers.
(c) Hector and his army.
(d) King Agamemnon and his troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believes that the best action is to sacrifice to the gods and wait?

2. What does Aphrodite apparently promise the Trojan prince?

3. Who marries in Sparta in a wonderful ceremony?

4. What is revealed about women in Greek society in Part 1, Chapter 6?

5. Who is pleased by the arrival of the Spartan queen?

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