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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. What is significant about Hecuba's exit at the end of the play?
(a) It infers that she is going to murder Ulysses.
(b) It infers that the gods have taken her away with them.
(c) It infers that she will be staying in Troy.
(d) It infers that she has committed suicide.

2. What does the old shepherd reveal to Oedipus about his parentage?
(a) He is Oedipus' father.
(b) Oedipus' mother died in childbirth.
(c) Oedipus' mother is his wife, Jocasta.
(d) Oedipus' mother is the queen of Corinth.

3. What happened when Polyxena was sacrificed in honor of Achilles?
(a) The land went silent.
(b) The tomb soaked up her blood.
(c) Her body was taken away by Apollo.
(d) The gods cried out that she would be avenged.

4. For whom do Hecuba and the chorus lament, though they say nothing will ever adequately express their loss?
(a) Priam.
(b) Paris.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Hector.

5. How are the Greeks dividing the captive Trojan women among themselves?
(a) They are taking the wives of the Trojans they have personally killed.
(b) They are drawing lots.
(c) They are letting the gods decide.
(d) They are having a competition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tiresias' occupation?

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

3. Why is Creon sent away at the end of the first act of "Oedipus"?

4. What is Talthybius' station among the Greeks?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Oedipus refuse to commit suicide?

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

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

5. How did Oedipus become king of Thebes?

6. Why does Tiresias summon Laius' ghost?

7. Why did Oedipus leave Corinth?

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

9. How does Agamemnon view the dead Achilles?

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

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