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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What symbolizes good fortune in Greek culture?
(a) Dolphins.
(b) Ships.
(c) Honeyed wine.
(d) Good weather.

2. What location is built of rock and considered an impenetrable fortress?
(a) Troy.
(b) Piraeus.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Acropolis.

3. Which character is shunned by the royal family?
(a) Paris.
(b) Helen.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Helenus.

4. Which characters argue over the spoils of war?
(a) Paris and Hector.
(b) Agamemnon and Achilles.
(c) Agamemnon and Priam.
(d) Helenus and Odysseus.

5. Which characters scheme against the Greek warrior by playing upon his attraction to a young princess?
(a) Cassandra and Polyxena.
(b) Penelope and Helen.
(c) Helen and Polyxena.
(d) Cassandra and Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who supposedly sent the dust storm?

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

3. What does Aphrodite apparently promise the Trojan prince?

4. Who is the character that is perceptive enough to notice a softening in the ship captain's attitude?

5. Who sees the fleeing lovers at the temple of Aphrodite?

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