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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the fourth act of "Phaedra," what new character enters the play?
(a) Theseus' brother.
(b) Diana.
(c) The messenger.
(d) Hippolytus' wife.

2. Why does Helen claim she is in a worse position than the Trojan women?
(a) She is pregnant by Paris and Menelaus will doubtlessly kill the child.
(b) She is cursed by the gods.
(c) She will be forced back to Menelaus in chains.
(d) The Trojans and the Greeks both hate her.

3. Although he refuses to grant Phaedra a proper burial, what does Theseus plan to do at the end of the play?
(a) Pray for forgiveness.
(b) Find a new wife.
(c) Return to the Underworld to be with his son.
(d) Grant the innocent Hippolytus a proper burial.

4. What is Phaedra's relationship to Hippolytus?
(a) She is his stepsister.
(b) She is his sister.
(c) She is his stepmother.
(d) She is his mother.

5. What message does the ghost of Jocasta's husband send?
(a) Polybus is his murderer.
(b) Creon is his murderer.
(c) Tiresias is his murderer.
(d) Oedipus is his murderer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the preface of "Phaedra," what is Hippolytus organizing?

2. Who is Hecuba?

3. About what does a Trojan elder instruct Andromache to lie?

4. How did Astyanax's bravery affect Ulysses and the Greeks?

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

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