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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where is Thyestes traveling in the third act?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Troy.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Argos.

2. What is being destroyed on Nero's wedding day in protest?
(a) Anything with Nero's likeness.
(b) Temples.
(c) The military barracks.
(d) Statues of Poppaea.

3. Whom does Hecuba predict will not find peace for a long time?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Pyrrhus.

4. Because of the plague, what does Oedipus consider doing because he is unable to stop it in the first act of the play?
(a) Abdicate the throne.
(b) Sacrifice himself to Zeus.
(c) Raise the ghost of the murdered king.
(d) Leave Thebes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Phaedra confide her desire for Hippolytus?

2. In the preface of "Phaedra," what is Hippolytus organizing?

3. What does Creon advise Oedipus to do after the former relays the message from the murdered king?

4. On what does Octavia blame her misfortunes?

5. About what does Hector warn Andromache in a dream?

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