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Troilus and Cressida - Exam
  • 1. In which year is 'The Tragedy of Troilus and Cressida' believed to have been written?
A) 1610
B) 1602
C) 1605
D) 1599
  • 2. Who is forced to leave Troy to join her father in the Greek camp?
A) Helen
B) Andromache
C) Polyxena
D) Cressida
  • 3. Which character attempts to lessen Achilles' pride by challenging him to return to battle?
A) Priam
B) Paris
C) The Greeks, particularly Agamemnon and Ulysses
D) Hector
  • 4. What role does Pandarus play in the relationship between Troilus and Cressida?
A) He betrays Troilus by giving Cressida to Diomedes.
B) He acts as a go-between to help them meet.
C) He is Troilus's rival for Cressida.
D) He tries to stop their affair.
  • 5. Which Greek warrior is initially chosen to fight Hector in single combat?
A) Odysseus
B) Achilles
C) Diomedes
D) Ajax
  • 6. What prompts Achilles to return to battle?
A) The death of his protege Patroclus at the hands of Hector.
B) Agamemnon's pleas.
C) Hector's challenge to single combat.
D) Ulysses' persuasion.
  • 7. Who is Cressida exchanged for in the play?
A) Helen
B) A Trojan prisoner of war
C) Polyxena
D) Andromache
  • 8. What does Ulysses suggest to provoke Achilles into rejoining the battle?
A) Capturing Achilles' horse.
B) Choosing Ajax as the Greek champion against Hector.
C) Sending Patroclus to fight Hector.
D) Offering Helen back to Menelaus.
  • 9. What is the tone of 'Troilus and Cressida'?
A) Romantic
B) It alternates between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom.
C) Purely comedic
D) Purely tragic
  • 10. Who is the Greek general that converses with his lieutenants about the crisis in their army?
A) Achilles
B) Diomedes
C) Agamemnon
D) Odysseus
  • 11. Which character is considered mad and prophetic in the play?
A) Helen
B) Cassandra
C) Polyxena
D) Andromache
  • 12. Who delivers a letter to Achilles begging him not to fight?
A) Helen
B) Andromache
C) Cressida
D) The Trojan princess Polyxena
  • 13. Which character is described as a foul-mouthed ruffian in the play?
A) Diomedes
B) Thersites
C) Ajax
D) Achilles
  • 14. What does Cressida promise to Troilus as they part ways?
A) She will leave Troy with him.
B) She will marry Diomedes.
C) She will never see him again.
D) She will remain true to him.
  • 15. Who is the Trojan prince that woos Cressida?
A) Hector
B) Aeneas
C) Paris
D) Troilus
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