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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Alcestis": What is Heracles on his way to tame, when he stops at Admetus's house?
(a) Horses.
(b) Harpies.
(c) Lions.
(d) Elephants.

2. "Alcestis": What does Admetus heap on Pheres before he leaves the funeral?
(a) Advice.
(b) Work.
(c) Curses.
(d) Blessings.

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

4. "Andromache": Where does Orestes plan to ambush Neoptolemos?
(a) At the Delphic oracle.
(b) At Olympus.
(c) At the plays.
(d) At the palace.

5. "Hippolytus": What is Aphrodite goddess of?
(a) Love.
(b) Gardens.
(c) The sea.
(d) Marriage.

6. "Medea": From whom is it learned that Creon plans to expel Jason's children with Medea?
(a) The manservant.
(b) The tutor.
(c) The cook.
(d) The butler.

7. "Ion": Apollo orders Hermes to go to Athens. Where is he to bring the baby boy?
(a) To Delphi.
(b) To Sparta.
(c) To Damascus.
(d) To Corinth.

8. "Medea": Where did Jason and Medea travel to make a home and future for their children?
(a) Corinth.
(b) Athens.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Delphi.

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

10. "Ion": After Creusa gives birth to a boy, to where does she take him?
(a) A beach.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A cave.
(d) A river.

11. "Alcestis": What does Heracles seek from Admetus when he arrives at the house?
(a) Money.
(b) Hospitality.
(c) Food.
(d) Advice.

12. "Hippolytus": When the nurse tells Hippolytus of Phaedra's desire for him, Hippolytus swears he will never break his vow of what?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Marriage.

13. "Andromache": What does Orestes plan to do after he kills Neoptolemos?
(a) Offer Hermione as a servant to an oracle.
(b) Make Hermione his lover.
(c) Marry Hermione.
(d) Make Hermione his slave.

14. "Andromache": Which goddess's shrine is Andromache in for refuge?
(a) Athena's.
(b) Artemis's.
(c) Hera's.
(d) Thetis's.

15. "Ion": During what event must Xuthus have impregnated a local girl according to Ion and Xuthus?
(a) A religious rite.
(b) A harvest festival.
(c) A bacchanal rite.
(d) A moon festival.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Andromache": Who is Hermione?

3. "Alcestis": What does Admetus's wife make him promise not to do after she dies?

4. "Alcestis": Pheres is what relation to Admetus?

5. "Ion": At the beginning of the play, what action of Apollo's does Hermes describe?

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