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

2. Whom does Oedipus defeat before the start of the play?
(a) The Sphinx.
(b) The Sirens.
(c) Medusa.
(d) The Furies.

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

4. What message does the ghost of Jocasta's husband send?
(a) Creon is his murderer.
(b) Polybus is his murderer.
(c) Oedipus is his murderer.
(d) Tiresias is his murderer.

5. What does Oedipus reveal to Jocasta at the end of the play?
(a) He is cursed by the gods.
(b) He is her son.
(c) He is leaving Thebes.
(d) He never loved her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second act of "Oedipus," what knowledge does Creon relate that will end the plague?

2. Whom does Hecuba predict will not find peace for a long time?

3. What has happened to the Trojan widows after their army was defeated?

4. What did the Greeks admire about Polyxena?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Agamemnon view the dead Achilles?

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

4. Why is Oedipus summoned back to Corinth and why is he reluctant to go?

5. Why is Creon sent to Delphi and what does he learn?

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

7. How did Oedipus become king of Thebes?

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

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

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

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