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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first act of "Thyestes," what do the Fury claim to have planned for the wrongdoers?
(a) A strange meal.
(b) Torment from the animals.
(c) A quick death.
(d) A war.

2. Whose heads does Nero order to be brought to him in the second act of "Octavia"?
(a) Astyanax and Atreus.
(b) Britannicus and Claudius.
(c) Creon and Pyyrus.
(d) Plautus and Sulla.

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

4. To whom do Thyestes and Atreus drink a toast in the fifth act of "Thyestes"?
(a) Pelops.
(b) Each other.
(c) Tantalus.
(d) The gods.

5. Who does Octavia believes wants her dead?
(a) Nero's mistress.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Brittanicus.
(d) Claudius.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Pyrrhus, who was most afraid of Achilles?

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

3. From where does the messenger in the fourth act come in "Oedipus"?

4. What does Oedipus believe about himself in the fifth act?

5. How does Jocasta kill herself?

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