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

2. What is revealed about women in Greek society in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Women are deceitful and power-hungry.
(b) Women become slaves of their husbands.
(c) Women marry younger men of their own choice.
(d) Women are considered objects of beauty and lack power over their own lives.

3. Who does not swear the oath of the suitors?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Paris.
(c) Priam.
(d) Odysseus.

4. Who is the character that kidnaps a twelve-year old as ransom in gold?
(a) Paris.
(b) Helen.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Theseus.

5. What is the thorny issue facing the father of the young woman who is being courted by many suitors?
(a) His daughter is pregnant with the child of a suitor.
(b) His daughter is cursed.
(c) Because of her obsessive charm, the young woman evokes jealousy and possessiveness in her suitors, who will then become enemies of whomever her father chooses as her husband.
(d) He does not like any of the suitors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character has thirteen suitors?

2. Who is considered as beautiful as Aphrodite?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 6, what is the decision-making process compared to?

4. Who are the characters who bring the ransom?

5. Where does Helen's sadness stem from?

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