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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Calchas, why must Polyxena and Astyanax die?
(a) Apollo demands that they die or he will kill the Greeks.
(b) They pose too much of a threat to the Greeks.
(c) They have the plague.
(d) Their deaths will ensure a safe voyage home for the Greeks.

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

3. How does Hippolytus feel when he learns that Phaedra desires him?
(a) Repulsed.
(b) Humiliated.
(c) Aroused.
(d) Elated.

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

5. Of what does Phaedra's nurse attempt to convince Hippolytus in the second act of "Phaedra"?
(a) He should never come back to the city.
(b) He should try to bring his father back from the Underworld.
(c) He should seek Athena's counsel.
(d) He should become more sociable and try to find love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Talthybius' station among the Greeks?

2. What does Hippolytus prefer over social interactions?

3. What does Phaedra's confidante try to dissuade her from doing?

4. At the start of "Phaedra," where is Theseus?

5. According to Pyrrhus, who was most afraid of Achilles?

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