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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 sacrifices himself to Zeus to end the plague.
(b) He tears out his eyes.
(c) He cuts off his hands.
(d) He kills himself.

2. What actions did the old shepherd perform before the beginning of "Oedipus"?
(a) He cursed Oedipus with the prophecy.
(b) He blessed Oedipus upon his birth.
(c) He took Oedipus as a baby to the Corinthian messenger.
(d) He killed Laius.

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

4. What does Seneca warn Nero will happen if he kills Octavia?
(a) He will lose all favor with his subjects.
(b) He will be fulfilling a prophecy leading to Nero's death.
(c) Jove will punish him.
(d) He will be tormented by ghosts for the rest of his life.

5. What parts of Thyestes' sons are presented to Thyestes as a gift?
(a) Their livers.
(b) Their hands.
(c) Their hearts.
(d) Their heads.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hippolytus die?

2. In what year does "Octavia" take place?

3. What does Phaedra finally admit to Theseus at the end of the play?

4. Why does the messenger in the fourth act urge Oedipus to leave the city?

5. What must Atreus convince Thyestes to accept in the third act of "Thyestes"?

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