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

2. 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) Oedipus threatens him.
(c) If the plague is not ended, his sister will be the next to die.
(d) He accidentally told the messenger while Oedipus was within hearing.

3. 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.

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

5. How did Astyanax's bravery affect Ulysses and the Greeks?
(a) They mocked him.
(b) They cried out of pity,
(c) They saluted him.
(d) They prayed to the gods for mercy.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the messenger in the fourth act come in "Oedipus"?

2. What news does the messenger give Oedipus in the fourth act?

3. According to Calchas, why must Polyxena and Astyanax die?

4. According to Pyrrhus, who was most afraid of Achilles?

5. Where does Andromache hide her son?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Oedipus become king of Thebes?

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

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

5. Why does Oedipus refuse to commit suicide?

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

7. Why did Oedipus leave Corinth?

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

9. How does Agamemnon view the dead Achilles?

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

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