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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Octavia.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In the fourth act of "Oedipus," what does the titular character recall before his arrival in the city?
(a) He killed a man on his way there.
(b) He was arrested.
(c) He nearly died on his journey to the city.
(d) He was warned away from Thebes by Zeus.
2. How does Hippolytus die?
(a) He is stabbed by his own sword.
(b) He is thrown from a cliff.
(c) He is dragged into the sea by Neptune's creature.
(d) He is dragged to death on the rocks.
3. What news does the messenger give Oedipus in the fourth act?
(a) Zeus has ended the plague.
(b) Creon has seized control of Corinth.
(c) Tiresias is a fake.
(d) Polybus has died.
4. Who is Nero's mother?
(a) Jocasta.
(b) Agrippina.
(c) Helen.
(d) Hecuba.
5. In what state is Tantalus in the first act of "Thyestes"?
(a) Near death.
(b) A ghost.
(c) Buried alive.
(d) Imprisoned.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Hippolytus feel when he learns that Phaedra desires him?
2. How did Astyanax's bravery affect Ulysses and the Greeks?
3. How does Oedipus punish himself at the end of the play?
4. Why was Hippolytus trapped upon his horse before his death?
5. Whose heads does Nero order to be brought to him in the second act of "Octavia"?
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