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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part 1, Chapter 4, what is the pivotal act?
(a) The king's marriage to the young woman.
(b) The transformation of the young woman into a symbol of power and beauty.
(c) The king's decision to abdicate his throne.
(d) The young woman's escape aboard a Grecian ship.

3. Who becomes transformed from a demanding, nail-biting, impatient person to a graceful and alluring person?
(a) Servant girl.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Helen.

4. 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) 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.
(c) He does not like any of the suitors.
(d) His daughter is cursed.

5. Who inherits both a wife and a kingdom?
(a) Tyndareus.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Odysseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Helen's sadness stem from?

2. Which character gives the bride advice to be happy with what she has received?

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

4. Who is considered as beautiful as Aphrodite?

5. Who is the character that kidnaps a twelve-year old as ransom in gold?

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