Humanities 101: Quiz 16 (October 5, 2022)

For the following questions more than one of the choices may be correct. In those cases, one answer is ultimately better than the others. You will receive credit for selecting any of the correct answers but to receive a perfect score of fifteen, you will have to select the answer that most fully or accurately completes the sentence and captures the significance of the question.

Name

Poseidon agrees to assist Athena because

The gods are generally willing to help each other.

The Greeks desecrated the gods' altars and temples during the sack of the city.

Athena brings news of a decision by Zeus to support the Trojan survivors.

Athena now wants to punish the Greeks and has Zeus' approval.

As they lament their fate as captives, the Trojan Women speak of some places that would be better than others to serve as slaves. The best place according to them would be

Sparta, next to the "whirl of Eurotas."

Thessaly, the "hallowed ground by Peneus."

Athens, the "sacrosanct land of Theseus."

Syracuse, the "land of Aetna."

Cassandra calls on her mother to be happy, "star" her hair with the "flowers of victory," and "escort the bride" because

Agamemnon has chosen her to be his bride.

She will bring destruction to those whom she and her mother "hated most."

She is suffering from a fit of madness caused by Apollo.

Her mother, Hecuba, will soon go to become the slave of Odysseus, and she wants to celebrate a wedding now.

Astyanax, Hector's son

Was thrown from the battlements and killed by Odysseus.

Went with his mother, Andromache, and became one of the slaves of Neoptolemus, Achilles' son.

Went missing, hidden away among the other refugees and never located.

Died after the sack of the city and was buried with Hector's shield.

Hecuba

Died in the final destruction of the city.

Was chosen by Diomedes, whose death Cassandra foretold.

Went with Odysseus, who was the last contingent to depart.

Stayed behind with the chorus who continued to mourn the fall of Troy after the departure of the Greeks.