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The Women of Troy - what you remember so far...

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What kind of play is 'The Women of Troy'?

a)

romance

b)

comedy

c)

tragedy

d)

thriller

2.

Where is most of the play set?

a)

Troy

b)

Sparta

c)

Athens

d)

Melos

3.

When and where was the play first performed?

a)

Troy in 480BC

b)

Athens in 415BC

c)

Melos in 416BC

d)

Athens in 461BC

4.

Who wrote 'The Women of Troy'?

a)

Sophocles

b)

Euripides

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Homer

5.

'The Women of Troy' was written during which war?

a)

Trojan War

b)

Punic War

c)

Peloponnesian War

d)

Greco-Persian War

6.

Which was NOT one of the gods fighting over the golden apple?

a)

Hera

b)

Athena

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Hecate

7.

Who did Paris decide was the most beautiful goddess?

a)

Athena

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Hera

d)

Themis

8.

Why did 1000 ships set sail for the Trojan shores?

a)

to gain back the Golden Fleece

b)

to gain back Helen for Odysseus

c)

to gain back Cassandra for Agamemnon

d)

to gain back Helen for Menelaus

9.

Who built the walls of Troy believing them to be impenetrable?

a)

Hector and Priam

b)

Achilles and Odysseus

c)

Poseidon and Apollo

d)

Zeus and Athene

10.

Who was given credit for penetrating the walls of Troy?

a)

Odysseus and Athene

b)

Poseidon and Athene

c)

Achilles and Athene

d)

Agamemnon and Athene

11.

Structurally, an ancient Greek tragedy opens with ....?

a)

Parados

b)

Stasimon

c)

Episode

d)

Prologue

12.

What is a 'monody'?

a)

a game played by no less than four people

b)

a solo ode lamenting the dead

c)

a debate held between two key characters

d)

a march demanding certain rights

13.

Who is the mother of Astyanax?

a)

Hecuba

b)

Cassandra

c)

Andromache

d)

Helen

14.

Who is the sister of Paris?

a)

Hecuba

b)

Cassandra

c)

Hector

d)

Helen

15.

Who claims, in the final line of her monologue, "I shall destroy them"?

a)

Hecuba

b)

Andromache

c)

Cassandra

d)

Helen

16.

What language device is used in the expression "poor Troy"?

a)

imagery

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

17.

Who makes prophecies though is not believed?

a)

Andromache

b)

Helen

c)

Astyanax

d)

Cassandra

18.

What does 'hamartia

mean?

a)

to deliberately set out to harm another

b)

to have noble qualities that bring favour with the gods

c)

to have a flaw in one's character that leads to bad decisions

d)

to be permanently pessimistic that brings bad luck

19.

Which word is a synonym of 'debate'?

a)

arête

b)

agon

c)

kleos

d)

komos

20.

Which word means having the qualities of moderation and prudence?

a)

catharsis

b)

patriarchal

c)

sophrosyne

d)

peripeteia