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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Which two characters wrangle over a bet they made?
(a) Helen and Cassandra.
(b) Paris and Deiphobus.
(c) Agamemnon and Paris.
(d) Achilles and Menelaus.

3. Why is marriage considered so important?
(a) Marriage is forbidden for the lovers.
(b) Marriage of royalty forges political alliances, uniting wealth and spreading influence.
(c) Marriage will result in the decline of Grecian power.
(d) Marriage will create conflict for the king of Greece.

4. Who arrives at the Trojan palace from the field covered in blood?
(a) Helen.
(b) Hector.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Paris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refuses to listen to the visionary character?

2. Which character disappears when dust obscures vision of the field?

3. Which character breaks the truce by wounding the Spartan king?

4. Which character evokes empathy in the reader?

5. What does the Oracle predict that troubles Penelope?

(see the answer key)

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