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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is plaguing Thebes?
(a) Drought.
(b) Floods.
(c) Pestilence.
(d) The Greeks.

3. What does Octavia wish for in the beginning of the play?
(a) Zeus' interference.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) Pregnancy.

4. Why is Andromache jealous of Polyxena?
(a) Polyxena will be treated as a princess in her marriage.
(b) Polyxena has accepted her fate.
(c) Polyxena will die on her native soil.
(d) Polyxena has been blessed by Zeus.

5. Overall, why are the subjects and chorus loyal to Octavia?
(a) Octavia is well-liked by the subjects.
(b) She is the actual heir to the throne, not Nero.
(c) Octavia brought blessings from the gods to Rome.
(d) Octavia is the daughter of their ally, the king of Corinth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What parts of Thyestes' sons are presented to Thyestes as a gift?

2. What is the station of Theseus' first wife?

3. Why does Helen claim she is in a worse position than the Trojan women?

4. How does Atreus protect his sons from sharing the blame for his plot against Thyestes?

5. What is Tiresias unable to do in the second act of "Oedipus"?

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