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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Andromache blame for the fall of Troy?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Helen.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Paris.

2. According to Pyrrhus, who was most afraid of Achilles?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Paris.
(c) Priam.
(d) Hector.

3. What message does the ghost of Jocasta's husband send?
(a) Creon is his murderer.
(b) Oedipus is his murderer.
(c) Polybus is his murderer.
(d) Tiresias is his murderer.

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

5. Where does Andromache hide her son?
(a) Hector's tomb.
(b) The marketplace.
(c) The caves by the edge of the city.
(d) The temple of Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Oedipus' father in Corinth?

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

3. What is plaguing Thebes?

4. Who is Creon?

5. For whom do Hecuba and the chorus lament, though they say nothing will ever adequately express their loss?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the shepherd and the messenger reveal to Oedipus about his past?

2. Why does Oedipus imprison Creon in the third act?

3. How did Oedipus become king of Thebes?

4. Why is Oedipus summoned back to Corinth and why is he reluctant to go?

5. How does Ulysses trick Andromache at Hector's tomb and why?

6. Describe Polyxena's fate.

7. In the first act of "Troades," for whom does Hecuba lead the grief-stricken chorus and why?

8. Why did Oedipus leave Corinth?

9. Why is Creon sent to Delphi and what does he learn?

10. How and why does Jocasta commit suicide?

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