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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hippolytus feel when he learns that Phaedra desires him?
(a) Aroused.
(b) Repulsed.
(c) Humiliated.
(d) Elated.

2. How does Atreus justify his wicked plans against his brother?
(a) Atreus believes he is being commanded by the gods.
(b) He claims Thyestes raped his wife.
(c) Atreus knows his brother is an atheist and will be under no protection.
(d) Atreus is free to act because of his brother's actions against him.

3. Who is Theseus' first wife?
(a) Jocasta.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Andromache.
(d) Hyppolyta.

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

5. To whom does Hippolytus pray in the preface of "Phaedra"?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Diana.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Phaedra's relationship to Hippolytus?

2. What is Thyestes doing at the end of the fourth act?

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

4. Which character in "Thyestes" is decapitated?

5. Who enters at the end of the second act of "Phaedra"?

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