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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Andromache blame for the fall of Troy?
(a) Paris.
(b) Helen.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Agamemnon.

2. What is Phaedra's relationship to Hippolytus?
(a) She is his sister.
(b) She is his stepsister.
(c) She is his mother.
(d) She is his stepmother.

3. For whom do Hecuba and the chorus lament, though they say nothing will ever adequately express their loss?
(a) Priam.
(b) Paris.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Hector.

4. How does Atreus justify his wicked plans against his brother?
(a) He claims Thyestes raped his wife.
(b) Atreus knows his brother is an atheist and will be under no protection.
(c) Atreus believes he is being commanded by the gods.
(d) Atreus is free to act because of his brother's actions against him.

5. In the first act of "Thyestes," what do the Fury claim to have planned for the wrongdoers?
(a) A quick death.
(b) A strange meal.
(c) A war.
(d) Torment from the animals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who commands Tantalus to cast his chaos upon others?

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

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

5. According to Hecuba, what was ignored before the fall of Troy?

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