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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the nurse claim to be dressed in a particular manner in the third act of "Phaedra"?
(a) She is joining the hunt.
(b) She has joined the temple of Apollo.
(c) Phaedra wants to die.
(d) She is going to be wed.

2. In what sort of garb is Phaedra's nurse dressed in the third act?
(a) Mourning garb.
(b) Wedding dress.
(c) Hunting garb.
(d) Priestess robes.

3. To whom do Thyestes and Atreus drink a toast in the fifth act of "Thyestes"?
(a) The gods.
(b) Each other.
(c) Pelops.
(d) Tantalus.

4. What does Hecuba tell the chorus they must not do in regards to Priam?
(a) Pity him.
(b) Remember him as frail.
(c) Betray his memory.
(d) Speak unkindly against him.

5. At the end of "Thyestes," what does the titular character entrust to the gods?
(a) Atreus' punishment.
(b) The souls of his sons.
(c) His fate at sea.
(d) His life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hippolytus die?

2. In the first act of "Thyestes," why does Tantalus initially refuse to unleash chaos?

3. To whom does Hippolytus pray in the preface of "Phaedra"?

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

5. What does the messenger reveal that Oedipus refuses to do in the fifth act?

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