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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 dragged to death by his horses.
(b) Thyestes will be burned alive.
(c) Thyestes will be tricked into eating his own children.
(d) Thyestes will be blinded.

2. According to Pyrrhus, who was most afraid of Achilles?
(a) Priam.
(b) Paris.
(c) Hector.
(d) Agamemnon.

3. What does Phaedra finally admit to Theseus at the end of the play?
(a) She is pregnant by Hippolytus.
(b) She was supposed to kill Theseus.
(c) She lied about the rape.
(d) She married Hippolytus.

4. Who is Creon?
(a) Oedipus' brother.
(b) Jocasta's brother.
(c) Laius' brother.
(d) Tiresias' brother.

5. Upon what were Thyestes' sons sacrificed?
(a) A pyre.
(b) The weapons of their ancestors.
(c) Their grandfather's tomb.
(d) An altar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Greeks fear Hector's son?

2. Because of the plague, what does Oedipus consider doing because he is unable to stop it in the first act of the play?

3. According to Hecuba, what also died on the same day as her warrior son?

4. For whom do Hecuba and the chorus lament, though they say nothing will ever adequately express their loss?

5. What is plaguing Poppaea on her wedding day?

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