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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the chorus, what is the best way for a man to die?
(a) At sea.
(b) In battle.
(c) At home with his family.
(d) Suicide.

2. What is significant about Hecuba's exit at the end of the play?
(a) It infers that she has committed suicide.
(b) It infers that she will be staying in Troy.
(c) It infers that she is going to murder Ulysses.
(d) It infers that the gods have taken her away with them.

3. What has happened to the Trojan widows after their army was defeated?
(a) The women have all been prepared for suicide.
(b) The women took up arms to defend themselves.
(c) The women have all been claimed by the Greeks.
(d) The women escaped the city.

4. What course of action does Tiresias propose he take in order to help avenge the king's murder?
(a) He will summon the king's ghost.
(b) He will go to the Oracle himself.
(c) He will pray to Zeus for guidance.
(d) He will sacrifice himself to the gods for the end of the plague.

5. How does Oedipus punish himself at the end of the play?
(a) He cuts off his hands.
(b) He sacrifices himself to Zeus to end the plague.
(c) He kills himself.
(d) He tears out his eyes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Talthybius' station among the Greeks?

4. Why is Pyrrhus angry at Agamemnon?

5. According to Andromache, what is the worst fate for a Trojan woman?

(see the answer key)

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