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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 does the Oracle predict that troubles Penelope?
(a) Her best friend will die.
(b) Her son will die in the upcoming war.
(c) Her husband will leave to fight in the war and not return home for twenty years.
(d) The war will destroy her home.

2. Who marries in Sparta in a wonderful ceremony?
(a) Odysseus and Penelope.
(b) Tyndareus and Penelope.
(c) Helen and Odysseus.
(d) Helen and Menelaus.

3. Who is told by an oracle to sacrifice a daughter?
(a) Helen.
(b) King Agamemnon.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Paris.

4. What symbolizes good fortune in Greek culture?
(a) Dolphins.
(b) Ships.
(c) Honeyed wine.
(d) Good weather.

5. What wedding gift is considered ominous?
(a) The gift of the circular mirror in the shape of Aphrodite.
(b) The thousand goats.
(c) The Arabian white mare.
(d) The four matching chariot horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which characters become friends?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 5, with whom do the Trojans want to forge alliances?

3. Who encourages the young woman to marry the younger brother of the King of Greece?

4. Who lies around the city steeped in blood in the dream?

5. Which character's complexity is revealed with contrasting sides to his personality?

(see the answer key)

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