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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Hippolytus": Who warns Hippolytus not to anger the other gods?
(a) An attendant.
(b) A commoner.
(c) A friend.
(d) A nurse.

3. "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) Escape.
(b) Gain access to riches.
(c) Raise her status.
(d) See her father.

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Apollo want to stop when he told Orestes and Pylades to take the item from the temple?
(a) The Spartans.
(b) The Riacans.
(c) The Descpartians.
(d) The Erinyes.

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What do the Taurians perform for their goddess?
(a) Food sacrifice.
(b) Plant sacrifice.
(c) Animal sacrifice.
(d) Human sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Hippolytus": Who is Hippolytus's father?

2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Which goddess appears and prevents the king from killing Iphigenia and Orestes?

3. "Ion": What condition do Xuthus and Creusa travel to the oracle to cure?

4. "Hippolytus": How does Phaedra kill herself?

5. "Hippolytus": What action does Phaedra believe is better than doing wrong?

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