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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Oedipus punish himself at the end of the play?
(a) He tears out his eyes.
(b) He sacrifices himself to Zeus to end the plague.
(c) He cuts off his hands.
(d) He kills himself.

2. Who is protesting Nero's marriage to Poppaea?
(a) The priests of Jove.
(b) Seneca and the advisors.
(c) Octavia's family.
(d) Their subjects.

3. About whose love affairs does the chorus sing on the day of Nero's marriage to Poppaea?
(a) Jove.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Nero.

4. Who commands Tantalus to cast his chaos upon others?
(a) The Gorgons.
(b) Hades.
(c) Zeus.
(d) The Fury.

5. For what does Hecuba pray?
(a) Hope.
(b) Polyxena's soul.
(c) Ulysses' death.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Theseus pray at the end of the third act of "Phaedra"?

2. How does Hippolytus die?

3. Whom does Hecuba predict will not find peace for a long time?

4. Who is Nero's mother?

5. According to Hecuba, what also died on the same day as her warrior son?

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