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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Alcestis": Who questions the handmaiden of Alcestis in the beginning of the play?
(a) The Fates.
(b) A god.
(c) Death.
(d) The leader of the chorus.

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

3. "Medea": What has Aegeus been consulting with the oracle to discover?
(a) How he can kill Creon.
(b) How he can get children.
(c) How he can live as a king.
(d) How he can get to Jason.

4. "Alcestis": Who agrees to die in place of Admetus?
(a) His niece.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

5. "Medea": Whom does Medea kill?
(a) Jason, her children, and Jason's new wife.
(b) Jason's new wife and Creon.
(c) Jason's new wife, Jason, and Creon.
(d) Jason's new wife, Creon, and her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Alcestis": Whom does Heracles talk to and learn the extent of the events in the household?

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

3. "Alcestis": Who helped Admetus cheat the Fates?

4. "Medea": Whom did Jason make an agreement with King Creon to marry?

5. "Alcestis": Admetus's wife says she is dying because it is her natural duty and for another reason.Admetus's What is it?

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