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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who inherits both a wife and a kingdom?
(a) Tyndareus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Menelaus.

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

4. What is the thorny issue facing the father of the young woman who is being courted by many suitors?
(a) Because of her obsessive charm, the young woman evokes jealousy and possessiveness in her suitors, who will then become enemies of whomever her father chooses as her husband.
(b) His daughter is cursed.
(c) His daughter is pregnant with the child of a suitor.
(d) He does not like any of the suitors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is considered the child of Zeus?

2. Who is promised to Menelaus?

3. Who does not swear the oath of the suitors?

4. Where does Helen's sadness stem from?

5. What area is the gateway to Asia Minor?

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