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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Thyestes' sons.
(b) Thyestes' wife.
(c) Atreus' sons.
(d) Thyestes.

3. To where is Thyestes traveling in the third act?
(a) Troy.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Argos.

4. What emotion is Thyestes mysteriously experiencing in the beginning of the last act of "Thyestes"?
(a) Grief.
(b) Anger.
(c) Triumph.
(d) Happiness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Atreus celebrating in the beginning of the fifth act of "Thyestes"?

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

3. What fate awaits the children of Thyestes?

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. Which character in "Thyestes" is decapitated?

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