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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose name means final battle?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Hellespont.
(c) Hermione.
(d) Telemachus.

2. What are the bitter choices facing the queen if she departs?
(a) She could be killed.
(b) She loses her wealth.
(c) She would lose the beauty that she had become famous for.
(d) She risks losing her child and also being caught by her husband.

3. In Part 1, Chapter 4, what is the pivotal act?
(a) The king's marriage to the young woman.
(b) The king's decision to abdicate his throne.
(c) The young woman's escape aboard a Grecian ship.
(d) The transformation of the young woman into a symbol of power and beauty.

4. Who is considered as beautiful as Aphrodite?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Penelope.

5. Who is deeply troubled by the love affair?
(a) Helen.
(b) Priam.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who marries in Sparta in a wonderful ceremony?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 4, what does the king do that reveals his wisdom?

3. Who interrupts the suitors in the men's hall to present a plan for choosing the winning suitor?

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

5. What is considered forbidden fruit?

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