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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Ion": Who tries to get Creusa to kill Xuthus and Ion?
(a) The slave.
(b) The handmaiden.
(c) The servant.
(d) The retainer.

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

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

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

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Of what crime does Iphigenia plan to claim the two men are guilty making them unclean?
(a) Patricide.
(b) Homicide.
(c) Fratricide.
(d) Matricide.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What reason does Iphigenia give to the king for taking an item out of the temple?

2. "Hippolytus": With whom does Aphrodite make Phaedra fall in love?

3. "Ion": Whose idea is it to have Ion adopted by Xuthus?

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What rank does Iphigenia hold as a priestess?

5. "Ion": What does Creusa put her baby boy in?

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