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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason does Phaedra dress in a particular manner in the second act?
(a) She wants to feel what Hippolytus feels when he hunts.
(b) She wishes to attract Hippolytus' attention.
(c) She is mourning the death of her husband.
(d) She is trying to remind herself what is good in her marriage.

2. Whom does Tantalus attempt to warn about their impending deaths?
(a) His grandsons.
(b) His nephews.
(c) His sons.
(d) His cousins.

3. What fate awaits the children of Thyestes?
(a) They will be buried alive.
(b) Their bodies will be boiled to pieces.
(c) Their bodies will be fed to wild animals.
(d) They will be exiled.

4. In the preface of "Phaedra," what is Hippolytus organizing?
(a) A prayer service.
(b) A rebellion.
(c) A hunt.
(d) A battle.

5. Who commands Tantalus to cast his chaos upon others?
(a) The Fury.
(b) Hades.
(c) The Gorgons.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Atreus do to his nephews' bodies?

2. 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?

3. For what does Theseus pray at the end of the third act of "Phaedra"?

4. How does Theseus feel upon learning of his son's death?

5. Which character in "Thyestes" is decapitated?

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