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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Helen's sadness stem from?
(a) She realizes she will never have the love from any of her suitors that her friend Penelope has with Odysseus.
(b) She does not like war.
(c) She fears losing her independence.
(d) She is growing old.

3. Who is considered the child of Zeus?
(a) Hessia.
(b) Helen.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Sparta.

4. In Part 1, Chapter 5, who stalls making a decision on marriage by staging hunts instead?
(a) Tyndareus.
(b) Helen.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Theseus.

5. Who are the characters who bring the ransom?
(a) Clytemnestra and Menelaus.
(b) Theseus' son.
(c) Helen's parents.
(d) Helen's brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has hairy arms?

2. Who becomes transformed from a demanding, nail-biting, impatient person to a graceful and alluring person?

3. Who is considered as beautiful as Aphrodite?

4. Who is promised to Menelaus?

5. Who interrupts the suitors in the men's hall to present a plan for choosing the winning suitor?

(see the answer key)

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