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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Phaedra's confidante try to dissuade her from doing?
(a) Acting on her attraction to Hippolytus.
(b) Leaving the city to escape her desire.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Ignoring her feelings for Hippolytus.

3. Which of the following is not one of Thyestes' sons?
(a) One son stays unnamed.
(b) Tantalus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Plisthenes.

4. Why was Hippolytus trapped upon his horse before his death?
(a) His sword became ensnared with the horse's mane.
(b) His saddle was sabotaged.
(c) He could not dismount.
(d) He fell and became tangled in the reins.

5. What creature attacked Hippolytus?
(a) A Fury.
(b) Medusa.
(c) Neptune's sea bull.
(d) Cerberus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Phaedra die?

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

3. What is Atreus angry about being unable to avenge?

4. At the end of the third act of "Phaedra," the chorus cries, "Why dost thou dwell afar,/ All too indifferent to men,/ Not anxious to bring blessing to the good,/ And to the evil, bane"? About what is the chorus lamenting?

5. According to the chorus in the third act of "Phaedra," what no longer governs mankind?

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