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Act IV, Scene v - Act V, Scene i

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Troilus and Cressida

William Shakespeare

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Troilus and Cressida is set in:

(A) Sparta

(B) Venice

(D) Athens

The war is the result of:

(A) the murder of the king of Sparta by a Trojan

(B) the theft of Helen by Paris

(D) the marriage of Troilus and Cressida

Pandarus is Cressida's:

(A) father

(B) brother

(D) lover

Cressida's father is:

(A) a Trojan prince who died in the war

(B) a Trojan priest who betrayed his city

(D) Agamemnon

The Greek general is:

(A) Ulysses

(B) Nestor

(D) Agamemnon

The challenge to single combat is issued by:

(A) Hector

(B) Achilles

(D) Cressida

Ulysses blames the trouble in the Greek camp on:

(A) Calchas's desire to be reunited with his daughter

(B) Agamemnon's poor leadership

(D) fear of the Trojans

The sons of Priam have a long argument over:

(A) whether Troilus should be allowed to marry Cressida

(B) whether or not Helen should be returned to the Greeks

(D) which one of them will meet Achilles in single combat

Achilles's best friend and lover is:

(A) Ulysses

(B) Patroclus

(D) Diomedes

Thersites is:

(A) a Trojan prince

(B) a Greek commander

(D) a Greek slave

Which Greek is chosen to fight Hector?

(A) Diomedes

(B) Ajax

(D) Ulysses

This choice is an insult to:

(A) Achilles

(B) Ajax

(D) Troilus

Thanks to the work of Pandarus, Troilus and Cressida are able to:

(A) get married

(B) escape from Troy

(D) sleep together

The Greeks and Trojans agree to exchange:

(A) Hector for Achilles

(B) Antenor for Troilus

(D) Paris for Cressida

Cressida is led to the Greek camp by:

(A) Ulysses

(B) Aeneas

(D) Diomedes

When she arrives, the Greek commanders:

(A) kiss her in greeting

(B) throw her in prison

(D) ignore her

The duel between Hector and Ajax ends with:

(A) a draw

(B) Hector killing Ajax

(D) Achilles stabbing Hector in the back

After the duel, Troilus is led to Cressida's tent by:

(A) Thersites

(B) Ulysses

(D) Pandarus

At Cressida's tent, Troilus:

(A) goes in to sleep with her

(B) watches her cry

(D) sees her agree to become Achilles's lover

The next day, Achilles at first refuses to fight because:

(A) he is in love with a Trojan princess, and she asks him not to fight

(B) he is still angry at being passed over for Ajax

(D) he is afraid of Hector

In Troy, Hector is urged not to fight by:

(A) his wife, Andromache

(B) Troilus

(D) the gods

In response to these warnings, Hector:

(A) wears extra armor to the field of battle

(B) dismisses them and says that he will fight anyway

(D) defects to the Greeks

On the field of battle, at first:

(A) the Greeks drive the Trojans back to the city walls

(B) Troilus kills Diomedes

(D) the Trojans drive the Greeks back toward their ships

Achilles enters the battle when:

(A) he hears that Hector is fighting for the Trojans

(B) he is ordered to by Agamemnon

(D) Cressida begs him to

When they meet in battle:

(A) Achilles kills Hector in single combat

(B) Achilles and his men kill an unarmed Hector

(D) their duel ends in a draw

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