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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who falls in love soon after the royal banquet?
(a) Helen and Priam.
(b) Menelaus and Hessia.
(c) Paris and Penelope.
(d) Paris and Helen.

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

3. Who sends a wedding gift of an Arabian mare?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Tyndareus.

4. Which character joyfully shares stories of love after marriage?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Helen.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character evokes empathy in the reader?

3. Who does not notice the covert flirtation occurring at the king's dinner table?

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

5. Who are the characters who bring the ransom?

(see the answer key)

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