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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Troades.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hecuba tell the chorus they must not do in regards to Priam?
(a) Remember him as frail.
(b) Pity him.
(c) Speak unkindly against him.
(d) Betray his memory.

2. What does Atreus offer to Thyestes when the latter apologizes for his misdeeds against him?
(a) A wife.
(b) Control of the military.
(c) Forgiveness and half the crown.
(d) To name Thyestes' son as his heir.

3. In the first act of "Thyestes," what do the Fury claim to have planned for the wrongdoers?
(a) A war.
(b) Torment from the animals.
(c) A quick death.
(d) A strange meal.

4. According to Talthybius, what did a prophet witness that suggests the sea mourns for Achilles?
(a) The sea has grown turbulent.
(b) A tree fell in a storm.
(c) An animal fell into the rocks.
(d) The earth split into two.

5. Who kills Polyxena?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Pyrrhus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Andromache blame for the fall of Troy?

2. To whom do Thyestes and Atreus drink a toast in the fifth act of "Thyestes"?

3. At the start of "Phaedra," where is Theseus?

4. What does Phaedra wear in the second act?

5. Why is Pyrrhus angry at Agamemnon?

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