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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who leads the Greek delegation in Part 2, Chapter 3?
(a) Phoenician traders.
(b) King Nestor of Pylos.
(c) Priam.
(d) Paris.

4. Where does the royal family gather to see the enemy ships arrive?
(a) The Acropolis.
(b) The terrace above the Scaean Gate.
(c) The dungeon.
(d) The ocean bluffs.

5. Who is promised to Menelaus?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Helen.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Troy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the character that kidnaps a twelve-year old as ransom in gold?

2. Whose violent deaths make the Greek king lose his desire to rule?

3. Who is considered more intelligent than all the suitors combined?

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

5. What is the reason the Grecian king might consider going to war?

(see the answer key)

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