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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the plan offered in the men's hall to choose the suitor?
(a) All the men who wish to be considered as suitors must swear oaths to protect the winner as blood brothers for the rest of their lives.
(b) All suitors must forsake all gambling and drinking forever if they want to be considered.
(c) All suitors must promise to defend the king all their lives if they want to be considered.
(d) The man who can fight off all the other suitors single-handedly will win the hand of the bride.

2. Who arrives at the Trojan palace from the field covered in blood?
(a) Hector.
(b) Paris.
(c) Helen.
(d) Cassandra.

3. Who acts generously when the ransom is brought and deflects conflict?
(a) Helen.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Menelaus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the visionary character shunned by others?

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

3. Who will come to negotiate the release of the Spartan queen?

4. What do the women do when there is a lull in the battle?

5. Who is the character that is invited to Sparta for talks?

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