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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the messenger reveal that Oedipus refuses to do in the fifth act?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Free the imprisoned Creon.
(c) Tell Jocasta the truth about their relationship.
(d) Flee Thebes.

2. Over what is Tantalus anguishing in the beginning of "Thyestes"?
(a) The Greek's plot against his sons.
(b) The sins of his sons.
(c) His suicide.
(d) The death of his wife.

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

4. How does Oedipus punish himself at the end of the play?
(a) He kills himself.
(b) He tears out his eyes.
(c) He sacrifices himself to Zeus to end the plague.
(d) He cuts off his hands.

5. Why do the Greeks fear Hector's son?
(a) They are afraid he will grow up to be as fierce as his father.
(b) He is prophesied to kill them all.
(c) He will be the last rallying point for the Trojans.
(d) He is part god.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Atreus do to his nephews' bodies?

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

3. What does the nurse show Theseus when he demands to know why Phaedra is determined to die in the third act?

4. Why is Creon sent away at the end of the first act of "Oedipus"?

5. How did Astyanax's bravery affect Ulysses and the Greeks?

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