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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Medea": What does Jason claim Medea has learned which makes her better off for his bringing her to Greece?
(a) The value of justice.
(b) The value of friendship.
(c) The value of knowledge.
(d) The value of strength.

2. "Alcestis": What does Admetus's wife make him promise not to do after she dies?
(a) Go mad.
(b) Hire a nanny.
(c) Remarry.
(d) Leave the children.

3. "Hippolytus": Where is Hippolytus's father in exile?
(a) Gransten.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Troezen.
(d) Aleceadis.

4. "Medea": Who begins the play "Medea" in a lament?
(a) A maid.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A girl.
(d) A handmaiden.

5. "Hippolytus": How does Phaedra kill herself?
(a) Stabbing.
(b) Poison.
(c) Hanging.
(d) Jumping from the roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": What does Jason promise Medea he will provide for her?

2. "Medea": What has Aegeus been consulting with the oracle to discover?

3. "Medea": What does Medea claim about women?

4. "Medea": What does the chorus fear Medea will do unless she is calmed?

5. "Hippolytus": After Hippolytus dies, what does Theseus tell the chorus that he was?

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