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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Creon advise Oedipus to do after the former relays the message from the murdered king?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Renounce the throne.
(c) Pray to Zeus.
(d) Consult with Tiresias.

2. How does Hippolytus die?
(a) He is dragged into the sea by Neptune's creature.
(b) He is stabbed by his own sword.
(c) He is thrown from a cliff.
(d) He is dragged to death on the rocks.

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

4. How does Jocasta kill herself?
(a) Fire.
(b) Oedipus' sword.
(c) She hangs herself.
(d) She throws herself out of a tower.

5. According to Andromache, what is the worst fate for a Trojan woman?
(a) Exile from their home.
(b) Marriage to a Greek.
(c) Death in the name of the Greeks.
(d) Abandonment by their husbands.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Hector warn Andromache in a dream?

2. What does Phaedra wear in the second act?

3. How does Oedipus punish himself at the end of the play?

4. Who is Hecuba?

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

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