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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Oedipus.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. About what act is Theseus manipulated into believing occurred in his absence during the third act of "Phaedra"?
(a) Phaedra has attempted suicide.
(b) Hippolytus violently beat Phaedra for insolence.
(c) Phaedra had a miscarriage.
(d) Hippolytus raped Phaedra.
2. Which character in "Thyestes" is decapitated?
(a) Tantalus.
(b) Thyestes.
(c) Atreus.
(d) Plisthenes.
3. When Hippolytus rebuffs Phaedra, how does she react?
(a) She flees the city.
(b) She prays for forgiveness.
(c) She slanders him.
(d) She attempts suicide.
4. Why was Hippolytus trapped upon his horse before his death?
(a) His sword became ensnared with the horse's mane.
(b) He could not dismount.
(c) He fell and became tangled in the reins.
(d) His saddle was sabotaged.
5. What does Phaedra's confidante try to dissuade her from doing?
(a) Ignoring her feelings for Hippolytus.
(b) Acting on her attraction to Hippolytus.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Leaving the city to escape her desire.
Short Answer Questions
1. Upon what did Hippolytus' horses run when escaping the attacking creature?
2. What false offer has Atreus apparently made to Thyestes, according to the third act of "Thyestes"?
3. At the end of the second act of "Phaedra," in what does the chorus hope Hippolytus will find comfort?
4. What does the messenger reveal that Oedipus refuses to do in the fifth act?
5. What happened when Polyxena was sacrificed in honor of Achilles?
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