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

2. What does the act of growing a beard signify in Greek culture?
(a) That a young man is old enough to train as a warrior.
(b) That a warrior has given up battle and was settling into domestic life.
(c) That a young man is old enough to marry.
(d) That a man is ready for battle.

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

4. What area is the gateway to Asia Minor?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Troy.
(c) Hellespont.
(d) Athens.

5. What is the thorny issue facing the father of the young woman who is being courted by many suitors?
(a) His daughter is cursed.
(b) He does not like any of the suitors.
(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) His daughter is pregnant with the child of a suitor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the reason the Grecian king might consider going to war?

3. Who acts generously when the ransom is brought and deflects conflict?

4. Who are the characters who bring the ransom?

5. Who sends a wedding gift of an Arabian mare?

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