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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What parts of Thyestes' sons are presented to Thyestes as a gift?
(a) Their hearts.
(b) Their livers.
(c) Their hands.
(d) Their heads.

2. Upon whom must Tantalus loose the Fury?
(a) The House of Pelops.
(b) The House of Menelaus.
(c) The House of Priam.
(d) The House of Aeneas.

3. Upon what did Hippolytus' horses run when escaping the attacking creature?
(a) The rocks.
(b) The graves of dead warriors.
(c) The grass.
(d) The ruins of another castle.

4. What does the nurse show Theseus when he demands to know why Phaedra is determined to die in the third act?
(a) Hippolytus' sword.
(b) Hippolytus' armor.
(c) The blood on their bedsheets.
(d) Phaedra's torn dress.

5. What does the chorus sing about at the end of the first act of "Phaedra"?
(a) They sing about the transcendent nature of death.
(b) They sing about how every living creatures will surrender to love eventually.
(c) They sing about Aphrodite's influence over Phaedra.
(d) They sing about the unnatural love Phaedra has for Hippolytus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what is Tantalus anguishing in the beginning of "Thyestes"?

2. In the fourth act of "Phaedra," what new character enters the play?

3. How does Atreus protect his sons from sharing the blame for his plot against Thyestes?

4. To whom does Hippolytus pray in the preface of "Phaedra"?

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

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