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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the ghost, what will end the plague?
(a) Oedipus' departure from Thebes.
(b) Creon's ascension to the throne.
(c) Oedipus sacrificing himself to Zeus.
(d) Jocasta's death.

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

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

4. Although he refuses to grant Phaedra a proper burial, what does Theseus plan to do at the end of the play?
(a) Return to the Underworld to be with his son.
(b) Pray for forgiveness.
(c) Find a new wife.
(d) Grant the innocent Hippolytus a proper burial.

5. How does Hippolytus feel when he learns that Phaedra desires him?
(a) Humiliated.
(b) Repulsed.
(c) Aroused.
(d) Elated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Atreus not fear his subjects' favor?

2. What is Talthybius' station among the Greeks?

3. What is Phaedra's relationship to Hippolytus?

4. How did Astyanax defy the Greeks at his death?

5. In the second act of "Oedipus," what knowledge does Creon relate that will end the plague?

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