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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Astyanax defy the Greeks at his death?
(a) He prayed to Zeus as he died.
(b) He escaped from the Greeks and threw himself in the sea.
(c) He stabbed himself so that they cannot throw him from the tower.
(d) He jumped out of the tower before they could throw him out.

2. When Hippolytus rebuffs Phaedra, how does she react?
(a) She prays for forgiveness.
(b) She slanders him.
(c) She attempts suicide.
(d) She flees the city.

3. Why is Andromache jealous of Polyxena?
(a) Polyxena will be treated as a princess in her marriage.
(b) Polyxena has accepted her fate.
(c) Polyxena will die on her native soil.
(d) Polyxena has been blessed by Zeus.

4. What is significant about Hecuba's exit at the end of the play?
(a) It infers that she has committed suicide.
(b) It infers that the gods have taken her away with them.
(c) It infers that she will be staying in Troy.
(d) It infers that she is going to murder Ulysses.

5. In the fourth act of "Phaedra," what new character enters the play?
(a) The messenger.
(b) Theseus' brother.
(c) Hippolytus' wife.
(d) Diana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Atreus not fear his subjects' favor?

2. Who is Theseus' first wife?

3. What is Phaedra doing in the beginning of the fifth act?

4. Upon what did Hippolytus' horses run when escaping the attacking creature?

5. Why does Helen claim she is in a worse position than the Trojan women?

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