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Q1Why does Troilus initially refuse to fight at the beginning of the play?
Q2What does Calchas demand from the Greeks in exchange for his daughter Cressida?
Q3How does the play frame Achilles' decision to withdraw from battle?
Q4What is the outcome of the fight between Ajax and Hector in Act 4?
Q5What happens to Hector at the end of the play?
Q6Who is Pandarus and what role does he play in the love story?
Q7What is Ulysses' famous speech about in Act 1, Scene 3?
Q8What does Hector argue about Helen during the Trojan council?
Q9Who says, 'All the argument is a whore and a cuckold'?
Q10What does Troilus mean when he says, 'This is and is not Cressid'?
Q11How does Cressida explain her infidelity after being sent to the Greek camp?
Q12Who says, 'Take but degree away, untune that string, / And hark what discord follows'?
Q13What does the play suggest about the relationship between value and desire?
Q14How does the play use the motif of armor and unarming to develop its themes?
Q15What role does Cassandra play in the final tragedy?
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