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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. What symbolizes good fortune in Greek culture?
(a) Honeyed wine.
(b) Good weather.
(c) Dolphins.
(d) Ships.

2. Who has hairy arms?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Penelope.

3. Who interrupts the suitors in the men's hall to present a plan for choosing the winning suitor?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Tyndareus.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Menelaus.

4. Who marries in Sparta in a wonderful ceremony?
(a) Odysseus and Penelope.
(b) Helen and Odysseus.
(c) Tyndareus and Penelope.
(d) Helen and Menelaus.

5. Who acts generously when the ransom is brought and deflects conflict?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character has thirteen suitors?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 5, who stalls making a decision on marriage by staging hunts instead?

3. Where does Helen's sadness stem from?

4. Who is the character that is perceptive enough to notice a softening in the ship captain's attitude?

5. What is the thorny issue facing the father of the young woman who is being courted by many suitors?

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