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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. What are the bitter choices facing the queen if she departs?
(a) She could be killed.
(b) She risks losing her child and also being caught by her husband.
(c) She would lose the beauty that she had become famous for.
(d) She loses her wealth.

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

3. Who interrupts the suitors in the men's hall to present a plan for choosing the winning suitor?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Tyndareus.

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

5. What is the reason the Grecian king might consider going to war?
(a) To deflect criticism from his court.
(b) To stop paying double the price for goods on which Troy has levied taxes.
(c) To open trade negotiations.
(d) To defend their troops in Asia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the thorny issue facing the father of the young woman who is being courted by many suitors?

3. To whom is the Grecian queen attracted?

4. What does the Oracle predict that troubles Penelope?

5. Who is considered more intelligent than all the suitors combined?

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