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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Pyrrhus angry at Agamemnon?
(a) Agamemnon has not sacrificed a maiden in honor Achilles.
(b) Agamemnon refuses to take the Trojan women captive.
(c) Agamemnon refuses to acknowledge Pyrrhus as a warrior.
(d) Agamemnon refuses to accept responsibility for Achilles' death.

2. How does Hippolytus die?
(a) He is dragged into the sea by Neptune's creature.
(b) He is stabbed by his own sword.
(c) He is dragged to death on the rocks.
(d) He is thrown from a cliff.

3. How was young Tantalus murdered?
(a) He was thrown from a tower.
(b) He was disemboweled.
(c) His throat was cut.
(d) He was drowned.

4. In the fourth act of "Oedipus," what does the titular character recall before his arrival in the city?
(a) He nearly died on his journey to the city.
(b) He was warned away from Thebes by Zeus.
(c) He killed a man on his way there.
(d) He was arrested.

5. According to Talthybius, what did a prophet witness that suggests the sea mourns for Achilles?
(a) An animal fell into the rocks.
(b) The sea has grown turbulent.
(c) A tree fell in a storm.
(d) The earth split into two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Talthybius' station among the Greeks?

2. What message does the ghost of Jocasta's husband send?

3. For what purpose does Tiresias wish to take a particular action after he is unable to clarify the Oracle's message?

4. Where does Oedipus send Creon?

5. From where did Oedipus come?

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