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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Creon advise Oedipus to do after the former relays the message from the murdered king?
(a) Consult with Tiresias.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Renounce the throne.
(d) Pray to Zeus.

2. How are the Greeks dividing the captive Trojan women among themselves?
(a) They are having a competition.
(b) They are drawing lots.
(c) They are taking the wives of the Trojans they have personally killed.
(d) They are letting the gods decide.

3. What is Talthybius' station among the Greeks?
(a) Herald.
(b) Priest.
(c) Prophet.
(d) Weaponsmith.

4. What deception must Helen play on Polyxena?
(a) Helen must lure Polyxena to be sacrificed under guise of a wedding.
(b) Helen must suggest Polyxena pray to the wrong god so that she becomes cursed.
(c) Helen is going to switch places with Polyxena to escape her husband.
(d) Helen must talk Polyxena into committing.

5. According to the chorus, what is the best way for a man to die?
(a) In battle.
(b) At home with his family.
(c) At sea.
(d) Suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Oedipus' father in Corinth?

2. Over what is Tantalus anguishing in the beginning of "Thyestes"?

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

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

5. Which character in "Thyestes" is decapitated?

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