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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Alcestis": Pheres is what relation to Admetus?
(a) His father.
(b) His nephew.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His son.

2. "Hippolytus": What action does Phaedra believe is better than doing wrong?
(a) Repenting.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Apologizing.
(d) Fighting.

3. "Medea": What does the chorus fear Medea will do unless she is calmed?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Unleash her fury on the house of Creon.
(c) Kill everyone in her house.
(d) Abandon her children.

4. "Ion": Which goddess appears to tell how Ion's descendants will settle many parts of Greece ?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Hera.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Athena.

5. "Ion": After Hermes' introduction, where does the play start?
(a) On the road.
(b) At the cliffs.
(c) At the temple.
(d) At the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Andromache": Who is the son Peleus had with a goddess?

2. "Hippolytus": What does Hippolytus give to Artemis's statue?

3. "Andromache": With what does Peleus threaten to beat Menelaus to death?

4. "Andromache": Of what place is Menelaus king?

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

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