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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Phaedra.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the father of Tantulus?
(a) Pan.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hades.

2. What does Atreus do to his nephews' bodies?
(a) He prepares them as a meal for their father.
(b) He buries them.
(c) He feeds them to the pigs.
(d) He burns them.

3. In the second act of "Thyestes," how does Atreus plan to wreak vengeance against his brother?
(a) Thyestes will be dragged to death by his horses.
(b) Thyestes will be blinded.
(c) Thyestes will be burned alive.
(d) Thyestes will be tricked into eating his own children.

4. To where is Thyestes traveling in the third act?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Troy.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Argos.

5. What is the station of Theseus' first wife?
(a) Queen of Sparta.
(b) Princess of Troy.
(c) Queen of Thebes.
(d) Queen of the Amazons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Atreus give for hating the three boys?

2. How does Hippolytus feel when he learns that Phaedra desires him?

3. According to the chorus in the third act of "Phaedra," what no longer governs mankind?

4. Upon what were Thyestes' sons sacrificed?

5. In the first act of "Thyestes," what do the Fury claim to have planned for the wrongdoers?

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