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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is significant about Hecuba's exit at the end of the play?
(a) It infers that she is going to murder Ulysses.
(b) It infers that the gods have taken her away with them.
(c) It infers that she has committed suicide.
(d) It infers that she will be staying in Troy.

3. About what does a Trojan elder instruct Andromache to lie?
(a) She will claim that she was not Hector's wife.
(b) She will claim that she is protected by Apollo.
(c) She will claim Astyanax is hiding in the castle.
(d) She will claim Astyanax was killed when Troy fell.

4. For what does Theseus pray at the end of the third act of "Phaedra"?
(a) Wisdom to deal out justice.
(b) Forgiveness for his failure to stop the assault.
(c) Healing for Phaedra.
(d) The death of his son.

5. Whose ghost appears in "Octavia" and complains about Nero?
(a) Britannicus.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Agrippina.
(d) Octavia's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the chorus' lament at the end of "Octavia"?

2. Who is Hecuba?

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

4. In what state is Tantalus in the first act of "Thyestes"?

5. What does Phaedra wear in the second act?

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