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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what sort of garb is Phaedra's nurse dressed in the third act?
(a) Wedding dress.
(b) Mourning garb.
(c) Hunting garb.
(d) Priestess robes.

2. Where does Oedipus send Creon?
(a) Troy.
(b) Corinth.
(c) The Underworld.
(d) The Oracle at Delphi.

3. What is Talthybius' station among the Greeks?
(a) Prophet.
(b) Herald.
(c) Weaponsmith.
(d) Priest.

4. What news does the messenger give Oedipus in the fourth act?
(a) Tiresias is a fake.
(b) Zeus has ended the plague.
(c) Creon has seized control of Corinth.
(d) Polybus has died.

5. For what does Theseus pray at the end of the third act of "Phaedra"?
(a) The death of his son.
(b) Forgiveness for his failure to stop the assault.
(c) Wisdom to deal out justice.
(d) Healing for Phaedra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Hippolytus trapped upon his horse before his death?

2. Because of the plague, what does Oedipus consider doing because he is unable to stop it in the first act of the play?

3. How does Phaedra die?

4. What is plaguing Thebes?

5. What is the only reason that Creon reveals the information he gained from Tiresias after summoning the ghost?

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