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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Atreus plan to lure Thyestes to his castle?
(a) He has sent word to Thyestes, falsely begging for a reconciliation.
(b) He has sent word to Thyestes that he wants to groom his oldest nephew to be his heir.
(c) He has sent word to Thyestes that he is dying.
(d) He has sent word to Thyestes that he wants to abdicate the throne.

3. What does Phaedra's confidante try to dissuade her from doing?
(a) Leaving the city to escape her desire.
(b) Acting on her attraction to Hippolytus.
(c) Ignoring her feelings for Hippolytus.
(d) Suicide.

4. Why does the messenger in the fourth act urge Oedipus to leave the city?
(a) Oedipus is the reason for the plague.
(b) Oedipus is about to be betrayed.
(c) Oedipus must take Polybus' throne.
(d) Oedipus must flee the plague.

5. What message does the ghost of Jocasta's husband send?
(a) Creon is his murderer.
(b) Polybus is his murderer.
(c) Tiresias is his murderer.
(d) Oedipus is his murderer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about Hecuba's exit at the end of the play?

2. At the end of the second act of "Phaedra," in what does the chorus hope Hippolytus will find comfort?

3. How does Thyestes feel about his impending meeting with his brother?

4. About what act is Theseus manipulated into believing occurred in his absence during the third act of "Phaedra"?

5. What does Oedipus believe about the news from Creon from the ghost?

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