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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Greeks admire about Polyxena?
(a) Her ability as warrior.
(b) Her courage.
(c) Her piety.
(d) Her anger.

2. What is revealed about Troy in the background of "Troades"?
(a) Troy has fallen to the Spartans.
(b) Troy is blessed by Zeus himself.
(c) Troy is the mightiest city-state in the world.
(d) Troy has been cursed.

3. Why does the nurse claim to be dressed in a particular manner in the third act of "Phaedra"?
(a) She has joined the temple of Apollo.
(b) Phaedra wants to die.
(c) She is going to be wed.
(d) She is joining the hunt.

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

5. Who is Theseus' first wife?
(a) Andromache.
(b) Hyppolyta.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Jocasta.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hecuba, what was ignored before the fall of Troy?

2. Upon what were Thyestes' sons sacrificed?

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

4. Whom does Tantalus attempt to warn about their impending deaths?

5. According to Talthybius, what did a prophet witness that suggests the sea mourns for Achilles?

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