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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Phaedra respond when Theseus demands to know why she is apparently suicidal?
(a) She begins to scream.
(b) She tries to throw herself out the window.
(c) She tries to make love to him.
(d) She would rather die than confide in him about the "evil" someone did to her.

2. What is Phaedra doing in the beginning of the fifth act?
(a) Attempting suicide.
(b) Cutting and burning her hair.
(c) Seducing Theseus.
(d) Mourning Hippolytus.

3. 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?
(a) Atreus' sons are not present to meet their uncle.
(b) They could not have reconciled earlier.
(c) Their father could not have lived to see them reconcile.
(d) His sons are not there to share the joy.

4. What does Phaedra wear in the second act?
(a) Mourning clothes.
(b) Hippolytus' armor.
(c) Hunting garb.
(d) A wedding dress.

5. To whom do Thyestes and Atreus drink a toast in the fifth act of "Thyestes"?
(a) Tantalus.
(b) Each other.
(c) Pelops.
(d) The gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Hippolytus trapped upon his horse before his death?

2. At the end of the second act of "Phaedra," in what does the chorus hope Hippolytus will find comfort?

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

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"?

5. What does Phaedra's nurse lament in the beginning of the second act?

(see the answer key)

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