Thyestes; Phaedra; the Trojan Women; Oedipus with Octavia Test | Final Test - Easy

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Thyestes; Phaedra; the Trojan Women; Oedipus with Octavia Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does the messenger in the fourth act come in "Oedipus"?
(a) Troy.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Corinth.

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

3. From where did Oedipus come?
(a) Corinth.
(b) Troy.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Rome.

4. Why is Pyrrhus angry at Agamemnon?
(a) Agamemnon refuses to accept responsibility for Achilles' death.
(b) Agamemnon refuses to take the Trojan women captive.
(c) Agamemnon has not sacrificed a maiden in honor Achilles.
(d) Agamemnon refuses to acknowledge Pyrrhus as a warrior.

5. What deception must Helen play on Polyxena?
(a) Helen is going to switch places with Polyxena to escape her husband.
(b) Helen must suggest Polyxena pray to the wrong god so that she becomes cursed.
(c) Helen must talk Polyxena into committing.
(d) Helen must lure Polyxena to be sacrificed under guise of a wedding.

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

7. What does Oedipus believe about himself in the fifth act?
(a) The gods must hate him.
(b) He is fit to neither live or die.
(c) He deserves to live among the animals.
(d) He is not even human anymore.

8. Who is Oedipus' father in Corinth?
(a) King Priam.
(b) King Menelaus.
(c) King Atreus.
(d) King Polybus.

9. Who was murdered before the beginning of "Oedipus"?
(a) King Priam.
(b) King Agamemnon.
(c) King Laius.
(d) King Polybus.

10. What does Oedipus wish upon the murderer of Jocasta's late husband?
(a) His prophecy from Apollo.
(b) Torment from Hades.
(c) Subjection to an angry mob of Laius' subjects.
(d) Death.

11. What does Hecuba tell the chorus they must not do in regards to Priam?
(a) Betray his memory.
(b) Remember him as frail.
(c) Pity him.
(d) Speak unkindly against him.

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

13. In the second act of "Oedipus," what knowledge does Creon relate that will end the plague?
(a) Oedipus must seek out a special herb.
(b) Laius' murder must be avenged.
(c) Jocasta must bear another child.
(d) Oedipus must make a human sacrifice to Hera.

14. Whose priests gave Oedipus the prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Hephaestus.
(c) Hades.
(d) Apollo.

15. What news does the messenger give Oedipus in the fourth act?
(a) Tiresias is a fake.
(b) Creon has seized control of Corinth.
(c) Zeus has ended the plague.
(d) Polybus has died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agamemnon claim about Achilles' behavior during battle?

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

3. What is the chorus in the fifth act of "Oedipus" questioning when they learn about their king's punishment?

4. What did the Greeks admire about Polyxena?

5. According to Hecuba, what also died on the same day as her warrior son?

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