1. According to Hecuba, what was ignored before the fall of Troy?
(a) Her prophesies.
(b) The death of Hector.
(c) The demands of the gods.
(d) Priam's pleas for surrender.

2. What is Thyestes doing at the end of the fourth act?
(a) Eating the feast from his brother.
(b) Receiving counsel from the ghost of his father.
(c) Preparing to kill his brother.
(d) Praying to Zeus.

3. According to Andromache, what is the worst fate for a Trojan woman?
(a) Exile from their home.
(b) Death in the name of the Greeks.
(c) Marriage to a Greek.
(d) Abandonment by their husbands.

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

5. To whom does Phaedra confide her desire for Hippolytus?
(a) Hippolytus' nurse.
(b) Hippolytus' sister.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In the fourth act of "Phaedra," what new character enters the play?

4. Where does Andromache hide her son?

5. What does Phaedra wear in the second act?

(see the answer key)

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