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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Calchas, why must Polyxena and Astyanax die?
(a) Apollo demands that they die or he will kill the Greeks.
(b) They have the plague.
(c) They pose too much of a threat to the Greeks.
(d) Their deaths will ensure a safe voyage home for the Greeks.

2. What does Hippolytus prefer over social interactions?
(a) Meaningless relationships.
(b) Politics.
(c) Battle.
(d) The outdoors.

3. What is Atreus angry about being unable to avenge?
(a) The pestilence deaths of his subjects.
(b) His son's death.
(c) His brother's insults.
(d) His father's death.

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

5. Who is Hecuba?
(a) Queen of Sparta.
(b) Queen of the Amazons.
(c) Queen of Troy.
(d) Queen of Thebes.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where is Thyestes traveling in the third act?

2. Why can Ulysses not spare Astyanax?

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

4. Who is Theseus' first wife?

5. Why was Hippolytus trapped upon his horse before his death?

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