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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) Odysseus.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Helen.

2. Who is the character who defeated the bull of Crete in combat and became famous?
(a) Paris.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Helen.

3. What location is built of rock and considered an impenetrable fortress?
(a) Piraeus.
(b) Troy.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Acropolis.

4. Who is the character that does not believe the legend of Zeus becoming a swan to mate with mortal women?
(a) Paris.
(b) Tyndareus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Theseus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is considered as beautiful as Aphrodite?

2. Who has hairy arms?

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

4. Who encourages the young woman to marry the younger brother of the King of Greece?

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

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