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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What parts of Thyestes' sons are presented to Thyestes as a gift?
(a) Their heads.
(b) Their livers.
(c) Their hearts.
(d) Their hands.

3. Who commands Tantalus to cast his chaos upon others?
(a) Hades.
(b) The Fury.
(c) The Gorgons.
(d) Zeus.

4. About what does Hector warn Andromache in a dream?
(a) The Greeks will attempt to claim her as a prize.
(b) She must take care of Hecuba.
(c) The Greeks will kill their son.
(d) Polyxena is going to be sacrificed.

5. Upon what did Hippolytus' horses run when escaping the attacking creature?
(a) The graves of dead warriors.
(b) The grass.
(c) The rocks.
(d) The ruins of another castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Atreus offer to Thyestes when the latter apologizes for his misdeeds against him?

2. Where does Andromache hide her son?

3. What is Atreus angry about being unable to avenge?

4. At the end of the third act of "Phaedra," the chorus cries, "Why dost thou dwell afar,/ All too indifferent to men,/ Not anxious to bring blessing to the good,/ And to the evil, bane"? About what is the chorus lamenting?

5. In what state is Tantalus in the first act of "Thyestes"?

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