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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is dying.
(c) He has sent word to Thyestes, falsely begging for a reconciliation.
(d) He has sent word to Thyestes that he wants to groom his oldest nephew to be his heir.

2. Whose ghost appears in "Octavia" and complains about Nero?
(a) Britannicus.
(b) Octavia's mother.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Agrippina.

3. Why does the messenger in the fourth act urge Oedipus to leave the city?
(a) Oedipus must take Polybus' throne.
(b) Oedipus is about to be betrayed.
(c) Oedipus is the reason for the plague.
(d) Oedipus must flee the plague.

4. What is Thyestes doing at the end of the fourth act?
(a) Praying to Zeus.
(b) Eating the feast from his brother.
(c) Receiving counsel from the ghost of his father.
(d) Preparing to kill his brother.

5. Which of the following is not one of Thyestes' sons?
(a) Tantalus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Plisthenes.
(d) One son stays unnamed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Ulysses not spare Astyanax?

2. About what does Hector warn Andromache in a dream?

3. What does Phaedra finally admit to Theseus at the end of the play?

4. What does Nero plan to do with the remaining protesters who have rebelled against his marriage in the last part of "Octavia"?

5. Who does Andromache blame for the fall of Troy?

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