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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Andromache hide her son?
(a) The marketplace.
(b) The caves by the edge of the city.
(c) The temple of Apollo.
(d) Hector's tomb.

3. Why is Pyrrhus angry at Agamemnon?
(a) Agamemnon has not sacrificed a maiden in honor Achilles.
(b) Agamemnon refuses to acknowledge Pyrrhus as a warrior.
(c) Agamemnon refuses to take the Trojan women captive.
(d) Agamemnon refuses to accept responsibility for Achilles' death.

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

5. What does the messenger reveal to Oedipus about his past?
(a) Oedipus' mother is Jocasta.
(b) Oedipus has no royal blood.
(c) Oedipus was adopted.
(d) The messenger is Oedipus' father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of the plague, what does Oedipus consider doing because he is unable to stop it in the first act of the play?

2. What is revealed about Troy in the background of "Troades"?

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

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

5. For what reason does Phaedra dress in a particular manner in the second act?

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