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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does a Trojan elder instruct Andromache to lie?
(a) She will claim that she is protected by Apollo.
(b) She will claim that she was not Hector's wife.
(c) She will claim Astyanax is hiding in the castle.
(d) She will claim Astyanax was killed when Troy fell.

2. Who did Tantalus serve as a meal to the gods?
(a) Plisthenes.
(b) Atreus.
(c) Pelops.
(d) Thyestes.

3. What does the chorus sing about at the end of the first act of "Phaedra"?
(a) They sing about the transcendent nature of death.
(b) They sing about the unnatural love Phaedra has for Hippolytus.
(c) They sing about how every living creatures will surrender to love eventually.
(d) They sing about Aphrodite's influence over Phaedra.

4. What emotion is Thyestes mysteriously experiencing in the beginning of the last act of "Thyestes"?
(a) Anger.
(b) Grief.
(c) Triumph.
(d) Happiness.

5. What is Atreus celebrating in the beginning of the fifth act of "Thyestes"?
(a) His reconciliation with his brother.
(b) His son's birthday.
(c) His triumph over his brother.
(d) His brother's marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hippolytus die?

2. Who is Hecuba?

3. According to Hecuba, what also died on the same day as her warrior son?

4. What must Atreus convince Thyestes to accept in the third act of "Thyestes"?

5. Whom does Hecuba predict will not find peace for a long time?

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