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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose does Tiresias wish to take a particular action after he is unable to clarify the Oracle's message?
(a) The Oracle can explain herself to him.
(b) Tiresias' willing sacrifice will end the plague.
(c) The ghost can reveal his murderer.
(d) Zeus will listen to and answer his prayers.

2. What does Oedipus believe about himself in the fifth act?
(a) The gods must hate him.
(b) He deserves to live among the animals.
(c) He is fit to neither live or die.
(d) He is not even human anymore.

3. What fate awaits the children of Thyestes?
(a) They will be exiled.
(b) Their bodies will be fed to wild animals.
(c) They will be buried alive.
(d) Their bodies will be boiled to pieces.

4. What is Atreus celebrating in the beginning of the fifth act of "Thyestes"?
(a) His reconciliation with his brother.
(b) His brother's marriage.
(c) His son's birthday.
(d) His triumph over his brother.

5. 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 sacrifice himself to the gods for the end of the plague.
(d) He will go to the Oracle himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was young Tantalus murdered?

2. About what does a Trojan elder instruct Andromache to lie?

3. What happened when Polyxena was sacrificed in honor of Achilles?

4. Over what is Tantalus anguishing in the beginning of "Thyestes"?

5. How does Atreus plan to lure Thyestes to his castle?

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