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Phaedra

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Act I: Scene 1
Act I: Scenes 2 & 3
Act I: Scenes 4 & 5
Act II: Scene 1
Act II: Scenes 2-4
Act II: Scenes 5 & 6
Act III: Scenes 1-3
Act III: Scenes 4-6
Act IV: Scenes 1-3
Act IV: Scenes 4-6
Act V: Scenes 1-3
Act V: Scenes 4 & 5
Act V: Scenes 6 & 7

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Phaedra
Hippolytus
Aricia
Oenone
Theseus

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1:  The main setting for this play is

a. Troy

b. Athens

c. Troezen

d. Thebes
2:  Which of the following women has not been romantically linked with Theseus?

a. Helen

b. Ariadne

c. Phaedra

d. Aricia
3:  Phaedra threatens to kill herself because

a. she is secretly in love with her step-son

b. she feels guilty for plotting her husband’s murder

c. she cannot bear children

d. she has learned of her husband’s adulterous affair
4:  How is Theseus rumored to have died?

a. He lost control of his chariot and was dragged to death by the horses.

b. He was killed in a duel with his old enemy Minos of Crete.

c. He was imprisoned in a cave and eaten by monsters.

d. He descended alive into hell and was unable to return.
5:  Who devises the plan to accuse Hippolytus of threatening Phaedra?

a. Oenone

b. Phaedra

c. Theseus

d. Aricia
6:  Whom does Theseus call upon for help when he returns?

a. Zeus

b. Pirithous

c. Neptune

d. Mercury
7:  Who dies by drinking poison?

a. Phaedra

b. Oenone

c. Theseus

d. Hippolytus
8:  Which character does not die by the end of the play?

a. Theseus

b. Phaedra

c. Oenone

d. Hippolytus
9:  Who said the following: “Go, prince, and carry out your generous plans; make Athens my tributary: I accept all the gifts you seek to give me. But that great and glorious empire is not, in my eyes, the most cherished present you have offered me.”

a. Hippolytus

b. Aricia

c. Phaedra

d. Oenone
10:  Who said the following: “Come, this frightful monster ought not to escape you. Here is my heart. Strike home!”

a. Hippolytus

b. Aricia

c. Phaedra

d. Oenone
11:  Who said the following: “The day is not purer than the depths of my heart.”

a. Hippolytus

b. Aricia

c. Phaedra

d. Oenone
12:  Who said the following: “I am the only object he can’t stand, And I should undertake the task of defending him.”

a. Oenone

b. Aricia

c. Phaedra

d. Medea



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