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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the story told about the birth of the Trojan prince?
(a) The Trojan prince was spirited away by demons and forced to live sequestered on an island till he was rescued as an adolescent.
(b) When the Trojan prince was born, his parents both were murdered and he was left an orphan.
(c) The Trojan prince was left on a mountainside because of a dream his mother had of burning sticks and cared for by a shepherd until he returned to Troy and won the annual games and confessed his royal birth.
(d) The Trojan prince was conceived in a lake and was the son of Zeus.

2. Who becomes transformed from a demanding, nail-biting, impatient person to a graceful and alluring person?
(a) Servant girl.
(b) Helen.
(c) Demeter.
(d) Penelope.

3. Why is marriage considered so important?
(a) Marriage will result in the decline of Grecian power.
(b) Marriage of royalty forges political alliances, uniting wealth and spreading influence.
(c) Marriage is forbidden for the lovers.
(d) Marriage will create conflict for the king of Greece.

4. Who exerts a power over the queen that cannot be stopped?
(a) Helen and Penelope.
(b) Hermione and Hessia.
(c) Menelaus and Odysseus.
(d) Aphrodite and Paris.

5. Who is the character that is invited to Sparta for talks?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Paris.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is deeply troubled by the love affair?

2. Who is pleased to have the Trojan prince stay?

3. What wedding gift is considered ominous?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 5, who stalls making a decision on marriage by staging hunts instead?

5. What is the name of the child born to the rulers of Sparta?

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