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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what act is Theseus manipulated into believing occurred in his absence during the third act of "Phaedra"?
(a) Hippolytus raped Phaedra.
(b) Hippolytus violently beat Phaedra for insolence.
(c) Phaedra has attempted suicide.
(d) Phaedra had a miscarriage.

2. What course of action does Tiresias propose he take in order to help avenge the king's murder?
(a) He will pray to Zeus for guidance.
(b) He will summon the king's ghost.
(c) He will go to the Oracle himself.
(d) He will sacrifice himself to the gods for the end of the plague.

3. In the preface of "Phaedra," what is Hippolytus organizing?
(a) A hunt.
(b) A prayer service.
(c) A battle.
(d) A rebellion.

4. What is significant about Polyxena being given a quick death?
(a) The gods were merciful.
(b) It shows the Greeks respected her courage.
(c) She committed suicide.
(d) Agamemnon defied the demands of the sacrifice for Achilles by not killing her slowly.

5. Why can Ulysses not spare Astyanax?
(a) Ulysses will be killed by Agamemnon if he does not comply with orders.
(b) Astyanax can rightfully claim to be an heir to the Spartan throne.
(c) Astyanax needs to join his father in the afterlife.
(d) Calchas demands the sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Phaedra dress in a particular manner in the second act?

2. Whose priests gave Oedipus the prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother?

3. Where does Oedipus send Creon?

4. How does Phaedra die?

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

(see the answer key)

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