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

2. Which character dodges and avoids the spear but gets knocked to the ground?
(a) Paris.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Hector.
(d) Agamemnon.

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

4. What is the plan offered in the men's hall to choose the suitor?
(a) All suitors must promise to defend the king all their lives if they want to be considered.
(b) All the men who wish to be considered as suitors must swear oaths to protect the winner as blood brothers for the rest of their lives.
(c) All suitors must forsake all gambling and drinking forever if they want to be considered.
(d) The man who can fight off all the other suitors single-handedly will win the hand of the bride.

5. In Part 2, Chapter 5, with whom do the Trojans want to forge alliances?
(a) Phoenician kingdoms.
(b) Athenian kingdoms.
(c) Thracian kingdoms.
(d) Spartan kingdoms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who further agitates discussions and serves as a mouthpiece for the Trojan prince?

2. What is the theory of the twins' special gift?

3. Who are the characters fighting in a duel?

4. Who refuses to watch the conflict because it is too painful to bear?

5. Who marries in Sparta in a wonderful ceremony?

(see the answer key)

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