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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Andromache jealous of Polyxena?
(a) Polyxena has accepted her fate.
(b) Polyxena has been blessed by Zeus.
(c) Polyxena will die on her native soil.
(d) Polyxena will be treated as a princess in her marriage.

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

3. Who is Theseus' first wife?
(a) Jocasta.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Andromache.
(d) Hyppolyta.

4. About what act is Theseus manipulated into believing occurred in his absence during the third act of "Phaedra"?
(a) Phaedra has attempted suicide.
(b) Hippolytus raped Phaedra.
(c) Hippolytus violently beat Phaedra for insolence.
(d) Phaedra had a miscarriage.

5. How does Phaedra die?
(a) Theseus kills her.
(b) She dies from grief.
(c) She commits suicide.
(d) Neptune's sea bull throws her in the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom do Hecuba and the chorus lament, though they say nothing will ever adequately express their loss?

2. How does Hippolytus feel when he learns that Phaedra desires him?

3. How does Atreus plan to lure Thyestes to his castle?

4. Who did Tantalus serve as a meal to the gods?

5. About what does a Trojan elder instruct Andromache to lie?

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