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

2. In Part 2, Chapter 10, which character appears cowardly?
(a) Andromache.
(b) Hector.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Paris.

3. Which character warns the women of the duel?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Hector.
(d) Helenus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character's complexity is revealed with contrasting sides to his personality?

3. Which characters scheme against the Greek warrior by playing upon his attraction to a young princess?

4. Who supposedly sent the dust storm?

5. What is the reason the Grecian king might consider going to war?

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