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Andromache

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Act I: Scene 1
Act I: Scene 2
Act I: Scenes 3 & 4
Act II: Scene 1
Act II: Scenes 2-4
Act II: Scene 5
Act III: Scenes 1 & 2
Act III: Scenes 3 & 4
Act III: Scenes 5-7
Act III: Scene 8
Act IV: Scene 1
Act IV: Scenes 2-4
Act IV: Scenes 5 & 6
Act V: Scenes 1 & 2
Act V: Scene 3
Act V: Scenes 4 & 5

Character Analyses

Pyrrhus
Hermione
Orestes
Andromache

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Characterization
Plot and Structure
Style

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1:  Why have the Greeks sent Orestes to confront Pyrrhus?

a. Because he is planning to marry Hermione

b. Because he has been protecting the prisoner Astyanax

c. Because he neglected to attend their conference

d. Because he has kidnapped Cleone
2:  Who is Hermione’s father?

a. Achilles

b. Astyanax

c. Agamemnon

d. Hector
3:  Which of the following promises does Pyrrhus not make to Andromache?

a. To become a second father to her son

b. To help launch an attack on the Greeks

c. To set Astyanax free from prison

d. To assassinate Orestes
4:  How does Hermione respond to Orestes' initial invitation to leave Epirus with him?

a. She must first pray to her ancestors before making a decision.

b. She refuses to leave and threatens to kill herself.

c. She will not leave unless Orestes first murders Pyrrhus.

d. She will leave only if Pyrrhus does not want her.
5:  Who warns Hermione that Orestes may be dangerous?

a. Pyrrhus

b. Cleone

c. Cephise

d. Phoenix
6:  How does Pyrrhus die?

a. He is stabbed in the heart by Orestes.

b. He kills himself.

c. He is attacked by members of the Greek embassy.

d. He is poisoned by Astyanax.
7:  How does Orestes react to Pyrrhus’s death?

a. He declares himself the new king of Epirus.

b. He immediately marries Hermione.

c. He joins with Pylades to attack the Greeks.

d. He goes insane.
8:  What historical event serves as the backdrop for this play?

a. The Fall of Rome

b. The Revolt of Agamemnon

c. The Greek Revolution

d. The Trojan War
9:  Who does Pyrrhus finally marry?

a. Andromache

b. Hermione

c. Helen of Troy

d. Cleone
10:  Who said the following: “Ah! I loved him too much not to hate him.”

a. Hermione

b. Cleone

c. Andromache

d. Orestes
11:  Who said the following: “What? My mother had the whole of Greece in arms . . . without even asking, while I . . . even by offering myself to a lover, cannot avenge myself?”

a. Hermione

b. Cleone

c. Andromache

d. Cephise
12:  Who said the following: “You must perish or reign / And there you’ll see me, obedient or furious / Either crown you, or destroy him before your eyes.”

a. Pyrrhus

b. Orestes

c. Hermione

d. Andromache



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