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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Hecuba predict will not find peace for a long time?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Pyrrhus.

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

3. According to Hecuba, what was ignored before the fall of Troy?
(a) The death of Hector.
(b) Her prophesies.
(c) Priam's pleas for surrender.
(d) The demands of the gods.

4. Why does Helen claim she is in a worse position than the Trojan women?
(a) She is pregnant by Paris and Menelaus will doubtlessly kill the child.
(b) She is cursed by the gods.
(c) The Trojans and the Greeks both hate her.
(d) She will be forced back to Menelaus in chains.

5. In what sort of garb is Phaedra's nurse dressed in the third act?
(a) Mourning garb.
(b) Priestess robes.
(c) Hunting garb.
(d) Wedding dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Thyestes," what does the titular character entrust to the gods?

2. What is significant about Polyxena being given a quick death?

3. What emotion is Thyestes mysteriously experiencing in the beginning of the last act of "Thyestes"?

4. What does the chorus sing about at the end of the first act of "Phaedra"?

5. What does Phaedra finally admit to Theseus at the end of the play?

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