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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Atreus celebrating in the beginning of the fifth act of "Thyestes"?
(a) His brother's marriage.
(b) His reconciliation with his brother.
(c) His triumph over his brother.
(d) His son's birthday.

2. What is the station of Theseus' first wife?
(a) Queen of Sparta.
(b) Queen of the Amazons.
(c) Queen of Thebes.
(d) Princess of Troy.

3. According to Pyrrhus, who was most afraid of Achilles?
(a) Priam.
(b) Paris.
(c) Hector.
(d) Agamemnon.

4. At the end of the third act of "Phaedra," the chorus cries, "Why dost thou dwell afar,/ All too indifferent to men,/ Not anxious to bring blessing to the good,/ And to the evil, bane"? About what is the chorus lamenting?
(a) Phaedra falsely accused Hippolytus of rape.
(b) Hippolytus has been murdered.
(c) Hippolytus has tried to kill his father.
(d) Phaedra has committed suicide.

5. What does Phaedra's confidante try to dissuade her from doing?
(a) Leaving the city to escape her desire.
(b) Acting on her attraction to Hippolytus.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Ignoring her feelings for Hippolytus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hippolytus die?

2. Who kills Polyxena?

3. What has happened to the Trojan widows after their army was defeated?

4. How does Ulysses trick Andromache into revealing Astyanax's location?

5. What does Oedipus do to Creon at the end of the third act?

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