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

2. Which character has thirteen suitors?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Helen.
(c) Demeter.
(d) Clytemnestra.

3. Who is this character that plays knucklebones with a cousin and does not want to give up childish things such as running down to see the new foal in the stable?
(a) Hessia.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Penelope.

4. Who is promised to Menelaus?
(a) Helen.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Troy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not swear the oath of the suitors?

2. Who inherits both a wife and a kingdom?

3. Whose violent deaths make the Greek king lose his desire to rule?

4. What does the act of growing a beard signify in Greek culture?

5. Who is considered the child of Zeus?

(see the answer key)

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