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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the second act of "Thyestes," how does Atreus plan to wreak vengeance against his brother?
(a) Thyestes will be tricked into eating his own children.
(b) Thyestes will be dragged to death by his horses.
(c) Thyestes will be blinded.
(d) Thyestes will be burned alive.

2. Why is Pyrrhus angry at Agamemnon?
(a) Agamemnon refuses to accept responsibility for Achilles' death.
(b) Agamemnon refuses to acknowledge Pyrrhus as a warrior.
(c) Agamemnon refuses to take the Trojan women captive.
(d) Agamemnon has not sacrificed a maiden in honor Achilles.

3. What is plaguing Thebes?
(a) Drought.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) Floods.
(d) Pestilence.

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

5. How does Atreus plan to lure Thyestes to his castle?
(a) He has sent word to Thyestes that he wants to abdicate the throne.
(b) He has sent word to Thyestes that he wants to groom his oldest nephew to be his heir.
(c) He has sent word to Thyestes, falsely begging for a reconciliation.
(d) He has sent word to Thyestes that he is dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Tantalus attempt to warn about their impending deaths?

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

3. What emotion is Thyestes mysteriously experiencing in the beginning of the last act of "Thyestes"?

4. What is significant about Hecuba's exit at the end of the play?

5. Whose ghost appears in "Octavia" and complains about Nero?

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