Thyestes; Phaedra; the Trojan Women; Oedipus with Octavia Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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Thyestes; Phaedra; the Trojan Women; Oedipus with Octavia Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Hecuba?
(a) Queen of Sparta.
(b) Queen of Thebes.
(c) Queen of Troy.
(d) Queen of the Amazons.

2. For what does Theseus pray at the end of the third act of "Phaedra"?
(a) Healing for Phaedra.
(b) Forgiveness for his failure to stop the assault.
(c) Wisdom to deal out justice.
(d) The death of his son.

3. What does Creon advise Oedipus to do after the former relays the message from the murdered king?
(a) Pray to Zeus.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Consult with Tiresias.
(d) Renounce the throne.

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

5. How did Astyanax defy the Greeks at his death?
(a) He stabbed himself so that they cannot throw him from the tower.
(b) He jumped out of the tower before they could throw him out.
(c) He escaped from the Greeks and threw himself in the sea.
(d) He prayed to Zeus as he died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tiresias' occupation?

2. Why does Helen claim she is in a worse position than the Trojan women?

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

4. Whom does Tantalus attempt to warn about their impending deaths?

5. Why does Atreus not fear his subjects' favor?

(see the answer key)

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