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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phaedra finally admit to Theseus at the end of the play?
(a) She is pregnant by Hippolytus.
(b) She married Hippolytus.
(c) She was supposed to kill Theseus.
(d) She lied about the rape.

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

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

4. What does Atreus do to his nephews' bodies?
(a) He feeds them to the pigs.
(b) He buries them.
(c) He burns them.
(d) He prepares them as a meal for their father.

5. What is Atreus angry about being unable to avenge?
(a) His father's death.
(b) His brother's insults.
(c) The pestilence deaths of his subjects.
(d) His son's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Phaedra dress in a particular manner in the second act?

2. To whom does Phaedra confide her desire for Hippolytus?

3. Of what does Phaedra's nurse attempt to convince Hippolytus in the second act of "Phaedra"?

4. What creature attacked Hippolytus?

5. What does Phaedra's nurse lament in the beginning of the second act?

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