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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) Helen.
(b) Paris.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Agamemnon.

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

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

4. According to Hecuba, what also died on the same day as her warrior son?
(a) Troy.
(b) Priam's resolve to win the war.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Hope.

5. According to Andromache, what is the worst fate for a Trojan woman?
(a) Death in the name of the Greeks.
(b) Abandonment by their husbands.
(c) Exile from their home.
(d) Marriage to a Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oedipus wish upon the murderer of Jocasta's late husband?

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

3. Whom does Oedipus defeat before the start of the play?

4. What does Creon advise Oedipus to do after the former relays the message from the murdered king?

5. Why is Andromache jealous of Polyxena?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Oedipus reveal about his journey to Thebes in the fourth act?

3. Why does Tiresias summon Laius' ghost?

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

5. Why does Andromache hide her son from the Greeks?

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

7. How did Oedipus become king of Thebes?

8. For what reasons does Agamemnon claim to forgo sacrificing a maiden?

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

10. Describe Polyxena's fate.

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