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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hippolytus prefer over social interactions?
(a) Meaningless relationships.
(b) The outdoors.
(c) Politics.
(d) Battle.

2. Why does Atreus not fear his subjects' favor?
(a) He knows they will always be loyal to him.
(b) He believes he is their supreme ruler.
(c) He knows they do not care for his brother.
(d) He believes they will never know about his misdeeds.

3. What is Atreus angry about being unable to avenge?
(a) His brother's insults.
(b) His father's death.
(c) His son's death.
(d) The pestilence deaths of his subjects.

4. At the end of the second act of "Phaedra," in what does the chorus hope Hippolytus will find comfort?
(a) His beauty.
(b) His prayers to Diana.
(c) His love of the outdoors.
(d) His hunting skills.

5. At the start of "Phaedra," where is Theseus?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Mount Olympus.
(d) The Underworld.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although he refuses to grant Phaedra a proper burial, what does Theseus plan to do at the end of the play?

2. How does Atreus justify his wicked plans against his brother?

3. How does Atreus protect his sons from sharing the blame for his plot against Thyestes?

4. How does Phaedra die?

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

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