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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Andromache hide her son?
(a) Hector's tomb.
(b) The caves by the edge of the city.
(c) The temple of Apollo.
(d) The marketplace.

2. Why does Nero claim to distrust Octavia?
(a) She sleeps with a knife under her pillow.
(b) She is not entirely Roman.
(c) She refuses to bear his child.
(d) Her mother was an adulteress.

3. Where does Oedipus send Creon?
(a) The Oracle at Delphi.
(b) Troy.
(c) Corinth.
(d) The Underworld.

4. How did Astyanax's bravery affect Ulysses and the Greeks?
(a) They cried out of pity,
(b) They prayed to the gods for mercy.
(c) They mocked him.
(d) They saluted him.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the chorus, what is the best way for a man to die?

3. What is Atreus angry about being unable to avenge?

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

5. What is Atreus celebrating in the beginning of the fifth act of "Thyestes"?

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