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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. Who prevents an actual physical fight between the two disputing parties?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Odysseus.

2. What is the story told about the birth of the Trojan prince?
(a) The Trojan prince was conceived in a lake and was the son of Zeus.
(b) The Trojan prince was spirited away by demons and forced to live sequestered on an island till he was rescued as an adolescent.
(c) When the Trojan prince was born, his parents both were murdered and he was left an orphan.
(d) 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.

3. What location is built of rock and considered an impenetrable fortress?
(a) Piraeus.
(b) Troy.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Acropolis.

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

5. Who is the character that is taunted into a duel?
(a) Helen.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Paris.
(d) Hector.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is considered forbidden fruit?

2. What is the plan offered in the men's hall to choose the suitor?

3. Which character joyfully shares stories of love after marriage?

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

5. Who is deeply troubled by the love affair?

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