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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What deception must Helen play on Polyxena?
(a) Helen must suggest Polyxena pray to the wrong god so that she becomes cursed.
(b) Helen must talk Polyxena into committing.
(c) Helen is going to switch places with Polyxena to escape her husband.
(d) Helen must lure Polyxena to be sacrificed under guise of a wedding.

2. At the end of "Thyestes," what does the titular character entrust to the gods?
(a) His fate at sea.
(b) His life.
(c) Atreus' punishment.
(d) The souls of his sons.

3. How does Jocasta kill herself?
(a) She throws herself out of a tower.
(b) Oedipus' sword.
(c) She hangs herself.
(d) Fire.

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

5. What does the chorus sing about at the end of the first act of "Phaedra"?
(a) They sing about the unnatural love Phaedra has for Hippolytus.
(b) They sing about how every living creatures will surrender to love eventually.
(c) They sing about the transcendent nature of death.
(d) They sing about Aphrodite's influence over Phaedra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Polyxena?

2. Whom does Hecuba predict will not find peace for a long time?

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

4. According to Talthybius, what did a prophet witness that suggests the sea mourns for Achilles?

5. According to Andromache, what is the worst fate for a Trojan woman?

(see the answer key)

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