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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Oedipus.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to Calchas, why must Polyxena and Astyanax die?
(a) They have the plague.
(b) Their deaths will ensure a safe voyage home for the Greeks.
(c) Apollo demands that they die or he will kill the Greeks.
(d) They pose too much of a threat to the Greeks.
2. In the second act of "Oedipus," what knowledge does Creon relate that will end the plague?
(a) Jocasta must bear another child.
(b) Laius' murder must be avenged.
(c) Oedipus must make a human sacrifice to Hera.
(d) Oedipus must seek out a special herb.
3. From where did Oedipus come?
(a) Corinth.
(b) Troy.
(c) Rome.
(d) Thebes.
4. What does Oedipus wish upon the murderer of Jocasta's late husband?
(a) Death.
(b) Subjection to an angry mob of Laius' subjects.
(c) His prophecy from Apollo.
(d) Torment from Hades.
5. Why can Ulysses not spare Astyanax?
(a) Calchas demands the sacrifice.
(b) Astyanax can rightfully claim to be an heir to the Spartan throne.
(c) Astyanax needs to join his father in the afterlife.
(d) Ulysses will be killed by Agamemnon if he does not comply with orders.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Astyanax's bravery affect Ulysses and the Greeks?
2. According to Talthybius, what did a prophet witness that suggests the sea mourns for Achilles?
3. In the preface of "Phaedra," what is Hippolytus organizing?
4. Because of the plague, what does Oedipus consider doing because he is unable to stop it in the first act of the play?
5. How does Phaedra respond when Theseus demands to know why she is apparently suicidal?
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