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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 heads.
(b) Their livers.
(c) Their hearts.
(d) Their hands.

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

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

4. How was young Tantalus murdered?
(a) His throat was cut.
(b) He was thrown from a tower.
(c) He was disemboweled.
(d) He was drowned.

5. How does Phaedra die?
(a) Theseus kills her.
(b) She commits suicide.
(c) Neptune's sea bull throws her in the sea.
(d) She dies from grief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who commands Tantalus to cast his chaos upon others?

2. 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?

3. How does Hippolytus feel when he learns that Phaedra desires him?

4. What is the station of Theseus' first wife?

5. What does Phaedra wear in the second act?

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