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

2. Who does not swear the oath of the suitors?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Priam.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Paris.

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

4. Who lies around the city steeped in blood in the dream?
(a) Hector.
(b) Helen.
(c) Paris.
(d) Slain warriors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is surprised by the reactions of the peasants when they climb aboard the golden chariot?

2. What is the sign Aphrodite sends?

3. Whose love does the queen now understand?

4. Why is marriage considered so important?

5. Who is the character that does not believe the legend of Zeus becoming a swan to mate with mortal women?

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