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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creature attacked Hippolytus?
(a) Cerberus.
(b) Medusa.
(c) Neptune's sea bull.
(d) A Fury.

2. What is Talthybius' station among the Greeks?
(a) Weaponsmith.
(b) Priest.
(c) Herald.
(d) Prophet.

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

4. How does Hippolytus die?
(a) He is thrown from a cliff.
(b) He is dragged to death on the rocks.
(c) He is stabbed by his own sword.
(d) He is dragged into the sea by Neptune's creature.

5. What has happened to the Trojan widows after their army was defeated?
(a) The women have all been prepared for suicide.
(b) The women escaped the city.
(c) The women have all been claimed by the Greeks.
(d) The women took up arms to defend themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom do Thyestes and Atreus drink a toast in the fifth act of "Thyestes"?

2. About whose love affairs does the chorus sing on the day of Nero's marriage to Poppaea?

3. To whom does Octavia pray as she awaits her exile?

4. Before his brother's treachery is revealed in the fifth act, what does Thyestes admit to being upset about in regards to his supposed reconciliation to Atreus?

5. What did the Greeks admire about Polyxena?

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