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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the messenger reveal that Oedipus refuses to do in the fifth act?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Tell Jocasta the truth about their relationship.
(c) Flee Thebes.
(d) Free the imprisoned Creon.

2. When Hippolytus rebuffs Phaedra, how does she react?
(a) She attempts suicide.
(b) She slanders him.
(c) She flees the city.
(d) She prays for forgiveness.

3. How are the Greeks dividing the captive Trojan women among themselves?
(a) They are having a competition.
(b) They are drawing lots.
(c) They are letting the gods decide.
(d) They are taking the wives of the Trojans they have personally killed.

4. What is the station of Theseus' first wife?
(a) Queen of Thebes.
(b) Queen of Sparta.
(c) Princess of Troy.
(d) Queen of the Amazons.

5. What does Agamemnon claim as being forbidden, due to shame and honor?
(a) Claiming the Trojan women as concubines.
(b) Abandoning their dead warriors.
(c) Sacrificing a maiden for Achilles.
(d) Dishonoring the graves of the fallen Trojans.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the chorus, what is the best way for a man to die?

2. At the start of "Phaedra," where is Theseus?

3. Although he refuses to grant Phaedra a proper burial, what does Theseus plan to do at the end of the play?

4. What is Talthybius' station among the Greeks?

5. What does Oedipus believe about the news from Creon from the ghost?

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