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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Iphigenia at Aulis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Trojan Women": Who joins Poseidon and says she has decided to attack the Greeks?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Athena.
(d) Aphrodite.

2. Whom is Death arguing with at the beginning of the play "Alcestis"?
(a) Apollo.
(b) The Fates.
(c) Alcestis.
(d) Admetus.

3. "Andromache": Who is Hermione?
(a) Princess of Athens.
(b) Princess of Troy.
(c) Princess of Delphi.
(d) Princess of Sparta.

4. "Trojan Women": What does Hecuba bury with her grandson?
(a) Hector's armor.
(b) Hector's helmet.
(c) Hector's sword.
(d) Hector's shield.

5. "Trojan Women": The Greeks have assembled the Trojan women who were spared death to become what?
(a) Wives.
(b) Stable hands.
(c) Slaves and concubines.
(d) Nurses and nannies.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Trojan Women": Hecuba laments the death of whom?

2. "Trojan Women": How do the Greeks kill Andromache's son?

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

4. "Electra": Where does Orestes plans to ambush the king?

5. "Ion": Which goddess appears to tell how Ion's descendants will settle many parts of Greece ?

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