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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 does Oedipus wish upon the murderer of Jocasta's late husband?
(a) Subjection to an angry mob of Laius' subjects.
(b) Torment from Hades.
(c) His prophecy from Apollo.
(d) Death.

2. What deception must Helen play on Polyxena?
(a) Helen must suggest Polyxena pray to the wrong god so that she becomes cursed.
(b) Helen is going to switch places with Polyxena to escape her husband.
(c) Helen must talk Polyxena into committing.
(d) Helen must lure Polyxena to be sacrificed under guise of a wedding.

3. Who is Creon?
(a) Oedipus' brother.
(b) Laius' brother.
(c) Jocasta's brother.
(d) Tiresias' brother.

4. Who was murdered before the beginning of "Oedipus"?
(a) King Laius.
(b) King Agamemnon.
(c) King Priam.
(d) King Polybus.

5. What does Hecuba tell the chorus they must not do in regards to Priam?
(a) Remember him as frail.
(b) Pity him.
(c) Betray his memory.
(d) Speak unkindly against him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oedipus reveal to Jocasta at the end of the play?

2. What is Tiresias' occupation?

3. According to Andromache, what is the worst fate for a Trojan woman?

4. Who is Hecuba?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Greeks unable to leave Troy in the beginning of "Troades"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Oedipus become king of Thebes?

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