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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Atreus give for hating the three boys?
(a) The boys tormented Atreus' sons.
(b) They could change the tide of favor against Atreus.
(c) They are his brother's sons.
(d) Atreus was in love with their mother.

2. Whom does Tantalus attempt to warn about their impending deaths?
(a) His cousins.
(b) His grandsons.
(c) His nephews.
(d) His sons.

3. Who commands Tantalus to cast his chaos upon others?
(a) Hades.
(b) Zeus.
(c) The Gorgons.
(d) The Fury.

4. What does Atreus do to his nephews' bodies?
(a) He feeds them to the pigs.
(b) He buries them.
(c) He burns them.
(d) He prepares them as a meal for their father.

5. What fate awaits the children of Thyestes?
(a) Their bodies will be boiled to pieces.
(b) They will be buried alive.
(c) They will be exiled.
(d) Their bodies will be fed to wild animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Thyestes," what does the titular character entrust to the gods?

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

3. How was young Tantalus murdered?

4. In the fourth act of "Thyestes," who informs the chorus about Atreus murdering his nephews?

5. What must Atreus convince Thyestes to accept in the third act of "Thyestes"?

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