Episode 68 Quiz

Welcome to the quiz for Episode 68: Love Means Sin. See what you remember about Seneca’s play Phaedra by clicking “START” below.

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Phaedra’s sister:

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Theseus’ friend, with whom he gets into all sorts of trouble:

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Phaedra’s mother was:

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Whom is Hippolytus talking about when tells the Nurse, “I abominate them all, I dread, shun, curse them all?”

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How does Hippolytus die in Seneca’s play?

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Hippolytus’ biological mother was:

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Theseus’ father-in-law at the time Seneca’s Phaedra takes place is:

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Who says, “To choose the good is the first rule of life, / And not to falter on the way; next best / Is to have shame and know where sin must stop?”

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When Seneca’s Phaedra begins, Phaedra’s husband Theseus is in:

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Phaedra premiered in Rome in what year, catalyzing a growing interest in the drama of classical antiquity that helped launch Early Modern drama?

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