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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. According to the ghost, what will end the plague?
(a) Jocasta's death.
(b) Creon's ascension to the throne.
(c) Oedipus sacrificing himself to Zeus.
(d) Oedipus' departure from Thebes.

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

3. What has happened to the Trojan widows after their army was defeated?
(a) The women have all been claimed by the Greeks.
(b) The women escaped the city.
(c) The women have all been prepared for suicide.
(d) The women took up arms to defend themselves.

4. Why do the Greeks fear Hector's son?
(a) He is part god.
(b) He is prophesied to kill them all.
(c) They are afraid he will grow up to be as fierce as his father.
(d) He will be the last rallying point for the Trojans.

5. Why is Andromache jealous of Polyxena?
(a) Polyxena will be treated as a princess in her marriage.
(b) Polyxena will die on her native soil.
(c) Polyxena has accepted her fate.
(d) Polyxena has been blessed by Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Andromache hide her son?

2. Who is Hecuba?

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

4. From where did Oedipus come?

5. How did Astyanax defy the Greeks at his death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Greeks unable to leave Troy in the beginning of "Troades"?

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

3. What does Pyrrhus demand for Achilles and why?

4. Why is Creon reluctant to give Oedipus the information from Laius' ghost?

5. Describe Polyxena's fate.

6. How does Agamemnon view the dead Achilles?

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

8. Why do the Greeks cry when they take Astyanax?

9. Describe the pestilence in Thebes and how it affects Oedipus.

10. For what reasons do the Greeks want to sacrifice Astyanax?

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