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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Phaedra.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who enters at the end of the second act of "Phaedra"?
(a) Theseus.
(b) Hippolytus.
(c) Creon.
(d) Tiresias.
2. Whom does Tantalus attempt to warn about their impending deaths?
(a) His grandsons.
(b) His nephews.
(c) His cousins.
(d) His sons.
3. Who is Theseus' first wife?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Hyppolyta.
(d) Andromache.
4. What fate awaits the children of Thyestes?
(a) Their bodies will be fed to wild animals.
(b) Their bodies will be boiled to pieces.
(c) They will be exiled.
(d) They will be buried alive.
5. Who did Tantalus serve as a meal to the gods?
(a) Pelops.
(b) Thyestes.
(c) Atreus.
(d) Plisthenes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Atreus offer to Thyestes when the latter apologizes for his misdeeds against him?
2. What is Thyestes doing at the end of the fourth act?
3. Upon whom must Tantalus loose the Fury?
4. How does Phaedra respond when Theseus demands to know why she is apparently suicidal?
5. Who accompanies Atreus at his bidding when he goes to make a sacrifice to the gods at the end of the third act of "Thyestes"?
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