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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) Penelope and Helen.
(b) Cassandra and Helen.
(c) Cassandra and Polyxena.
(d) Helen and Polyxena.

2. Who will come to negotiate the release of the Spartan queen?
(a) Cassandra, Helenus, and Priam.
(b) Penelope, Odysseus, and Helen.
(c) Hector, Cassandra, and Paris.
(d) Nestor, Odysseus, and Menelaus.

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

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

5. Who is pleased by the arrival of the Spartan queen?
(a) Hector.
(b) Priam.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Cassandra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not swear the oath of the suitors?

2. Who packs to leave despite objections from the nurse in Part 1, Chapter 12?

3. Which character is most distraught about the conflict?

4. Who is considered as beautiful as Aphrodite?

5. Who spends a night with the angry Greek hero?

(see the answer key)

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