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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who are the characters who bring the ransom?
(a) Theseus' son.
(b) Helen's parents.
(c) Clytemnestra and Menelaus.
(d) Helen's brothers.

4. Who has a painful vision of the death of a Trojan prince?
(a) Helenus.
(b) Helen.
(c) Paris.
(d) Cassandra.

5. What is considered forbidden fruit?
(a) Honeyed wine that is only given to the gods.
(b) Penelope whom the Trojan prince pursues.
(c) The clandestine relationship of Helen, the wife of Menelaus, with Paris.
(d) Taking possession of the Grecian kingdom covertly.

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

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

8. Who is this character that plays knucklebones with a cousin and does not want to give up childish things such as running down to see the new foal in the stable?
(a) Hessia.
(b) Theseus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Penelope.

9. What is revealed about women in Greek society in Part 1, Chapter 6?
(a) Women become slaves of their husbands.
(b) Women marry younger men of their own choice.
(c) Women are considered objects of beauty and lack power over their own lives.
(d) Women are deceitful and power-hungry.

10. Which character joyfully shares stories of love after marriage?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Helen.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Penelope.

11. Which character is most distraught about the conflict?
(a) Helen.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Nestor.

12. Who sacks the city of Sion?
(a) Priam.
(b) Helen.
(c) Helenus.
(d) Paris.

13. Who is pleased to have the Trojan prince stay?
(a) Menelaus and Helen.
(b) Menelaus and Penelope.
(c) Hermione and Penelope.
(d) Helen and Odysseus.

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

15. Which character gives the bride advice to be happy with what she has received?
(a) Tyndareus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Penelope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area is the gateway to Asia Minor?

2. Who takes the palace treasury on to a ship?

3. What is the story told about the birth of the Trojan prince?

4. Which character evokes empathy in the reader?

5. Who sends a wedding gift of an Arabian mare?

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