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

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

3. Who is considered more intelligent than all the suitors combined?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Helen.
(d) Penelope.

4. What is the name of the child born to the rulers of Sparta?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Tyrone.
(c) Hellespont.
(d) Hermione.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character has thirteen suitors?

3. Who is the character that does not believe the legend of Zeus becoming a swan to mate with mortal women?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 6, what is the decision-making process compared to?

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

(see the answer key)

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