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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. In the fourth act of "Oedipus," what does the titular character recall before his arrival in the city?
(a) He killed a man on his way there.
(b) He was warned away from Thebes by Zeus.
(c) He was arrested.
(d) He nearly died on his journey to the city.

2. What does Agamemnon claim about Achilles' behavior during battle?
(a) He helped the Trojans whenever the Greeks angered him.
(b) He was a coward.
(c) He killed people on both sides of the battle.
(d) He won the war for them.

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

4. What is the only reason that Creon reveals the information he gained from Tiresias after summoning the ghost?
(a) Oedipus begs him to help him end the plague.
(b) If the plague is not ended, his sister will be the next to die.
(c) He accidentally told the messenger while Oedipus was within hearing.
(d) Oedipus threatens him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What actions did the old shepherd perform before the beginning of "Oedipus"?

2. Why is Oedipus fearful of returning to his homeland?

3. What does Oedipus believe about himself in the fifth act?

4. Because of the plague, what does Oedipus consider doing because he is unable to stop it in the first act of the play?

5. What does Oedipus do to Creon at the end of the third act?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Oedipus leave Corinth?

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

3. How does Agamemnon view the dead Achilles?

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

5. Describe Hecuba's mocking of the Greeks throughout "Troades."

6. How and why does Jocasta commit suicide?

7. Why does Tiresias summon Laius' ghost?

8. What does Pyrrhus demand for Achilles and why?

9. Who is Hector and why is he important to the Trojans and Greeks?

10. How did Oedipus become king of Thebes?

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