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WorksheetsThe Women of Troy Review Quiz #1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3mins
What historical event was taking place during the period in which this play was first performed?
The Trojan War
The Peloponnesian War
War between Greece and Persia
Where and when was the play The Women of Troy first performed?
Athens 415 BCE
Troy 900 BCE
Sparta 500 BCE
At the start of the play, what does Athene ask of Poseidon?
To leave the city of Troy because there is no one left to worship the gods
To send his thunder bolt down upon the Greeks and ensure there is justice
To join with her in punishing the Greeks
To rescue the honour of the Greek men and preserve the dignity of Trojan women
Why does Athene want to punish the Greeks?
Because they used the strategy of the Trojan horse
Because they sacked the city of Troy
Because they did not punish Ajax for desecrating her temple
Who or what does Hecuba address in her first Apostrophe?
Her dead husband King Priam
The Greek ships
The women of Troy
In Hecuba's opening speeches, Euripides employs two similes, comparing the Queen of Troy to:
a queen bee and tower of strength
a mother bird and drone
a mother bird and tower of strength
Who conceals the truth from Hecuba about the fate of her daughter Polyxena?
Andromache
Talthybius
Cassandra
Hecuba is allotted to which Greek leader?
Menelaus
Odysseus
Agamemnon
Neoptolemus
At the start of the play, when Talthybius sees lighted torches, what does he think the women are doing?
Trying to set fire to the Greek ships
Celebrating Cassandra's wedding
Trying to set fire to the place so they can run into the flames
Trying to defend themselves from the Greek soldiers
In response to Cassandra's expressions of ecstasy, Hecuba describes the torches as:
"a beacon of hope to guide us through the darkness"
"a grotesque parody of everything I hoped for my daughter"
"a flame to ignite revenge against the murderous Greeks"
Which Greek is insulted and accused of being a "lackey" and a "minion"?
Menelaus
Talthybius
Odysseus
Agamemnon
Talthybius says that Agamemnon wants Cassandra because
she is "sacred"
he is "seduced by her beauty"
she is "crazy"
Name the literary technique used in this line from Hecuba's opening monody "let the new wind fill our sail"
Personification
Nautical metaphor
Simile
When considering their fate as slaves, which location does the Chorus select as their first preference?
Sicily
Athens
Sparta
Which two symbols feature in Cassandra's speeches?
Flowers and torches
Ships and torches
Water and fire
