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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Iphigenia Among Taurians.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Electra": What does the king want the entrails of the animal for?
(a) A sign he made a sacrifice.
(b) Reading his fortune.
(c) Eating.
(d) Decoration.

2. "Ion": Who tells Creusa that she will never have a child with Xuthus?
(a) The chorus.
(b) The god.
(c) The oracle.
(d) The priestess.

3. "Hippolytus": After Hippolytus dies, what does Theseus tell the chorus that he was?
(a) Great.
(b) Honorable.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Noble.

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": When Iphigenia realizes that one of the captured men is her brother, she devises a plan while helping them fulfill Apollo's orders. What will this plan help her do?
(a) See her father.
(b) Raise her status.
(c) Escape.
(d) Gain access to riches.

5. "Andromache": Who snatches the sword from Hermione before she can kill herself?
(a) The nurse.
(b) The priestess.
(c) The handmaiden.
(d) The servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Trojan Women": The play begins after the fall of what city?

2. "Ion": Apollo orders Hermes to go to Athens. Where is he to bring the baby boy?

3. "Electra": Who tells Orestes and Electra what the future has in store for them?

4. "Medea": What does Jason claim Medea has learned which makes her better off for his bringing her to Greece?

5. "Alcestis": Who agrees to die in place of Admetus?

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