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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Andromache blame for the fall of Troy?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Helen.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Paris.

2. What has happened to the Trojan widows after their army was defeated?
(a) The women escaped the city.
(b) The women have all been prepared for suicide.
(c) The women took up arms to defend themselves.
(d) The women have all been claimed by the Greeks.

3. At the end of the third act of "Phaedra," the chorus cries, "Why dost thou dwell afar,/ All too indifferent to men,/ Not anxious to bring blessing to the good,/ And to the evil, bane"? About what is the chorus lamenting?
(a) Hippolytus has tried to kill his father.
(b) Phaedra has committed suicide.
(c) Phaedra falsely accused Hippolytus of rape.
(d) Hippolytus has been murdered.

4. At the end of the second act of "Phaedra," in what does the chorus hope Hippolytus will find comfort?
(a) His prayers to Diana.
(b) His hunting skills.
(c) His beauty.
(d) His love of the outdoors.

5. Who enters at the end of the second act of "Phaedra"?
(a) Creon.
(b) Tiresias.
(c) Hippolytus.
(d) Theseus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the father of Tantulus?

2. Who is Hecuba?

3. How does Atreus protect his sons from sharing the blame for his plot against Thyestes?

4. Although he refuses to grant Phaedra a proper burial, what does Theseus plan to do at the end of the play?

5. For whom do Hecuba and the chorus lament, though they say nothing will ever adequately express their loss?

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