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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Troades.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to the chorus in the third act of "Phaedra," what no longer governs mankind?
(a) Love.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Fate.
(d) Justice.
2. What is Phaedra's relationship to Hippolytus?
(a) She is his stepmother.
(b) She is his mother.
(c) She is his stepsister.
(d) She is his sister.
3. What is Thyestes doing at the end of the fourth act?
(a) Praying to Zeus.
(b) Eating the feast from his brother.
(c) Preparing to kill his brother.
(d) Receiving counsel from the ghost of his father.
4. What is revealed about Troy in the background of "Troades"?
(a) Troy is the mightiest city-state in the world.
(b) Troy is blessed by Zeus himself.
(c) Troy has fallen to the Spartans.
(d) Troy has been cursed.
5. For what reason does Phaedra dress in a particular manner in the second act?
(a) She wants to feel what Hippolytus feels when he hunts.
(b) She is trying to remind herself what is good in her marriage.
(c) She wishes to attract Hippolytus' attention.
(d) She is mourning the death of her husband.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Ulysses trick Andromache into revealing Astyanax's location?
2. What does Hecuba tell the chorus they must not do in regards to Priam?
3. How does Hippolytus feel when he learns that Phaedra desires him?
4. What parts of Thyestes' sons are presented to Thyestes as a gift?
5. How does Atreus plan to lure Thyestes to his castle?
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