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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) Humiliated.
(b) Repulsed.
(c) Aroused.
(d) Elated.

2. Who enters at the end of the second act of "Phaedra"?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Creon.
(c) Hippolytus.
(d) Tiresias.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what did Hippolytus' horses run when escaping the attacking creature?

2. In what state is Tantalus in the first act of "Thyestes"?

3. 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"?

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

5. At the end of "Thyestes," what does the titular character entrust to the gods?

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