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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Nero plan to do with the remaining protesters who have rebelled against his marriage in the last part of "Octavia"?
(a) They will be exiled.
(b) He will let them go.
(c) He will punish them severely.
(d) They will be forced into the military.

3. According to the chorus at the end of "Octavia," what is an enemy of man?
(a) Death.
(b) Time.
(c) Justice.
(d) Life.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chorus sing about at the end of the first act of "Phaedra"?

2. What does Octavia wish for in the beginning of the play?

3. What message does the ghost of Jocasta's husband send?

4. What does Oedipus do to Creon at the end of the third act?

5. According to Seneca in the second act of "Octavia," where was Seneca happiest?

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