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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Atreus celebrating in the beginning of the fifth act of "Thyestes"?
(a) His brother's marriage.
(b) His son's birthday.
(c) His triumph over his brother.
(d) His reconciliation with his brother.

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

4. To whom does Phaedra confide her desire for Hippolytus?
(a) Hippolytus' sister.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Hippolytus' nurse.
(d) Theseus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Atreus protect his sons from sharing the blame for his plot against Thyestes?

2. Who did Tantalus serve as a meal to the gods?

3. For what does Theseus pray at the end of the third act of "Phaedra"?

4. At the end of the second act of "Phaedra," in what does the chorus hope Hippolytus will find comfort?

5. What does Atreus do to his nephews' bodies?

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