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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does the messenger in the fourth act come in "Oedipus"?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Troy.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Thebes.

2. When Hippolytus rebuffs Phaedra, how does she react?
(a) She attempts suicide.
(b) She prays for forgiveness.
(c) She slanders him.
(d) She flees the city.

3. What does Oedipus do to Creon at the end of the third act?
(a) He exiles him.
(b) He imprisons him.
(c) He tortures him.
(d) He kills him.

4. How does Oedipus punish himself at the end of the play?
(a) He kills himself.
(b) He cuts off his hands.
(c) He tears out his eyes.
(d) He sacrifices himself to Zeus to end the plague.

5. How does Poppaea plan to assuage her anxiety at being punished after death?
(a) She will be kind to the subjects.
(b) She will not bear Nero's child.
(c) She will pray to the gods for mercy.
(d) She will assure that Octavia not be executed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only reason that Creon reveals the information he gained from Tiresias after summoning the ghost?

2. In the first act of "Thyestes," what do the Fury claim to have planned for the wrongdoers?

3. On what does Nero blame the rebellion on his wedding day?

4. In the preface of "Phaedra," what is Hippolytus organizing?

5. Why does Nero claim to distrust Octavia?

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