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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who accompanies Atreus at his bidding when he goes to make a sacrifice to the gods at the end of the third act of "Thyestes"?
(a) Atreus' sons.
(b) Thyestes' wife.
(c) Thyestes.
(d) Thyestes' sons.

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

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

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

5. Who did Tantalus serve as a meal to the gods?
(a) Plisthenes.
(b) Thyestes.
(c) Pelops.
(d) Atreus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Atreus offer to Thyestes when the latter apologizes for his misdeeds against him?

2. In the first act of "Thyestes," why does Tantalus initially refuse to unleash chaos?

3. What false offer has Atreus apparently made to Thyestes, according to the third act of "Thyestes"?

4. Upon what were Thyestes' sons sacrificed?

5. In what state is Tantalus in the first act of "Thyestes"?

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