I did it! I did it!

I made my character! A night elf named Phedra; she's a hunter. I chose hunter for a simple reason, not really a well-thought-out reason: I wanted to use a bow. She has hunter-green hair, too. I died and chose to search for my corpse and about ten minutes later I found it because of the green hair. Is it better to just wait by my corpse or free my spirit like I did? I got pretty lost. The world of the dead isn't as easy to traverse. A grell killed me.
Before that, though, I have about 5 quests open and two of them are completed but I get lost easily and haven't found my way back to the quest-givers to claim my rewards. I got to level two, I think and just about to level up again, when I lost my connection. I haven't been well this week, so I called it a day after all the downloading, installing, downloading patches, installing, downloading more patches, installing...it's been frustrating. I think I managed to complete one quest and get the reward for it.
I've been challenged to duels by almost everybody who was there today. I didn't know how to respond except to click accept/deny and I didn't know how to fight or which buttons to push so I clicked deny and the guy followed me around for a while issuing challenges. He was a level 5 when I was still level zero! Finally I figured out how to tell him it's not a fair fight since he's much more experienced than I am. I guess he got bored because he left after that.