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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Upon what were Thyestes' sons sacrificed?
(a) The weapons of their ancestors.
(b) A pyre.
(c) Their grandfather's tomb.
(d) An altar.

3. What is Atreus angry about being unable to avenge?
(a) The pestilence deaths of his subjects.
(b) His brother's insults.
(c) His son's death.
(d) His father's death.

4. How does Atreus plan to lure Thyestes to his castle?
(a) He has sent word to Thyestes, falsely begging for a reconciliation.
(b) He has sent word to Thyestes that he is dying.
(c) He has sent word to Thyestes that he wants to abdicate the throne.
(d) He has sent word to Thyestes that he wants to groom his oldest nephew to be his heir.

5. What is Phaedra's relationship to Hippolytus?
(a) She is his stepmother.
(b) She is his stepsister.
(c) She is his mother.
(d) She is his sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Atreus do to his nephews' bodies?

2. What is Thyestes doing at the end of the fourth act?

3. Although he refuses to grant Phaedra a proper burial, what does Theseus plan to do at the end of the play?

4. About what act is Theseus manipulated into believing occurred in his absence during the third act of "Phaedra"?

5. How was young Tantalus murdered?

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