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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Troades.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is revealed about Troy in the background of "Troades"?
(a) Troy is the mightiest city-state in the world.
(b) Troy is blessed by Zeus himself.
(c) Troy has fallen to the Spartans.
(d) Troy has been cursed.

2. How does Phaedra respond when Theseus demands to know why she is apparently suicidal?
(a) She tries to make love to him.
(b) She tries to throw herself out the window.
(c) She begins to scream.
(d) She would rather die than confide in him about the "evil" someone did to her.

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

4. Which character in "Thyestes" is decapitated?
(a) Plisthenes.
(b) Tantalus.
(c) Atreus.
(d) Thyestes.

5. What parts of Thyestes' sons are presented to Thyestes as a gift?
(a) Their hearts.
(b) Their livers.
(c) Their heads.
(d) Their hands.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what state is Tantalus in the first act of "Thyestes"?

3. At the start of "Phaedra," where is Theseus?

4. Upon what were Thyestes' sons sacrificed?

5. About what act is Theseus manipulated into believing occurred in his absence during the third act of "Phaedra"?

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