'The Women of Troy'

Question 1

Dramatic irony is

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when the audience know more than the characters

Question 2

Hubris is...

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excessive pride or self-confidence

Question 3

The gods who speak in the prologue are

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Athene and Poseidon

Question 4

Why is Astyanax killed?

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he may avenge the death of his family

Question 5

Who is to blame for the Trojan War?

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Combination of factors

Question 6

Deus ex machina is

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Device to lower gods into a play

Question 7

Who adapted this version of Eurpides&#x27; &#x27;The Women of Troy&#x27;?

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Don Taylor, Donald Vellacott

Question 8

The main purpose of the gods in the prologue is

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to show their plan for revenge

Question 9

Menelaus and Agamemnon are brothers

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True

Question 10

Andromache was happy as

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the perfect wife

Question 11

A lament is:

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a mourning song

Question 12

The Illiad and The Odyssey are the oldest known texts that detail the end of the Trojan war.

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True

Question 13

Andromache said "like the mother bird at her plundered nest, my song has become a scream."

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False

Question 14

Eurpides was an iconoclast, meaning he...

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attacked cherished ideas or traditional institutions

Question 15

A pyrrhic victory is...

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when the losses experienced outweigh the ultimate victory

Question 16

During Euripides time, Athens was at war with...

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Sparta

Question 17

The purpose of the deus ex machina was to...

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provide an easy way out of a narrative flaw or problem

Question 18

Osysseus&#x27; wife is...

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Penelope

Question 19

By the end of the play, Hecuba has become a nihilist as she:

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no longer has any faith in the gods

Question 20

Euripides has been described as a

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pacifist

Question 21

Zeus is the god of war strategy

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False

Question 22

What year was &#x27;The Women of Troy&#x27; first performed?

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415BC

Question 23

Cassandra was gifted with prophetic powers by...

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Apollo

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