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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Talthybius' station among the Greeks?
(a) Prophet.
(b) Priest.
(c) Weaponsmith.
(d) Herald.

2. About what does Hector warn Andromache in a dream?
(a) The Greeks will attempt to claim her as a prize.
(b) The Greeks will kill their son.
(c) Polyxena is going to be sacrificed.
(d) She must take care of Hecuba.

3. Whom does Tantalus attempt to warn about their impending deaths?
(a) His sons.
(b) His cousins.
(c) His nephews.
(d) His grandsons.

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

5. What does the nurse show Theseus when he demands to know why Phaedra is determined to die in the third act?
(a) Phaedra's torn dress.
(b) Hippolytus' sword.
(c) The blood on their bedsheets.
(d) Hippolytus' armor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what were Thyestes' sons sacrificed?

2. Who does Andromache blame for the fall of Troy?

3. What does Agamemnon claim as being forbidden, due to shame and honor?

4. To whom does Hippolytus pray in the preface of "Phaedra"?

5. Who commands Tantalus to cast his chaos upon others?

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