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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Phaedra die?
(a) Neptune's sea bull throws her in the sea.
(b) Theseus kills her.
(c) She commits suicide.
(d) She dies from grief.

2. Which of the following is not one of Thyestes' sons?
(a) Tantalus.
(b) Plisthenes.
(c) One son stays unnamed.
(d) Agamemnon.

3. What is the station of Theseus' first wife?
(a) Queen of Thebes.
(b) Queen of Sparta.
(c) Princess of Troy.
(d) Queen of the Amazons.

4. How does Atreus protect his sons from sharing the blame for his plot against Thyestes?
(a) Atreus keeps them completely ignorant of the plan.
(b) Atreus lies to them about his plan.
(c) Atreus pleads with Zeus to keep them ignorant.
(d) Atreus sends them away.

5. Whom does Tantalus attempt to warn about their impending deaths?
(a) His cousins.
(b) His nephews.
(c) His sons.
(d) His grandsons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ulysses trick Andromache into revealing Astyanax's location?

2. What is Talthybius' station among the Greeks?

3. Why do the Greeks fear Hector's son?

4. Why is Andromache jealous of Polyxena?

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

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