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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon whom must Tantalus loose the Fury?
(a) The House of Priam.
(b) The House of Aeneas.
(c) The House of Menelaus.
(d) The House of Pelops.

2. Over what is Tantalus anguishing in the beginning of "Thyestes"?
(a) The Greek's plot against his sons.
(b) His suicide.
(c) The sins of his sons.
(d) The death of his wife.

3. What does Phaedra's nurse lament in the beginning of the second act?
(a) Phaedra's planned suicide.
(b) Theseus' death.
(c) Phaedra's plan to seduce Hippolytus.
(d) Hippolytus' disdain of women.

4. Why does the nurse claim to be dressed in a particular manner in the third act of "Phaedra"?
(a) She is going to be wed.
(b) She has joined the temple of Apollo.
(c) She is joining the hunt.
(d) Phaedra wants to die.

5. To whom does Hippolytus pray in the preface of "Phaedra"?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Diana.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was young Tantalus murdered?

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

4. In what sort of garb is Phaedra's nurse dressed in the third act?

5. About what act is Theseus manipulated into believing occurred in his absence during the third act of "Phaedra"?

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