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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": Which goddess appears to tell how Ion's descendants will settle many parts of Greece ?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Hera.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Athena.

2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who is the king of Thrace?
(a) Thoas.
(b) Temas.
(c) Tellacius.
(d) Turnus.

3. "Hippolytus": What action does Phaedra believe is better than doing wrong?
(a) Committing suicide.
(b) Apologizing.
(c) Repenting.
(d) Fighting.

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Once they are on the ship, what does the sea do?
(a) Captures Iphigenia.
(b) Kills Orestes.
(c) Swallows the ship.
(d) Swallows the passengers.

5. "Ion": What does Creusa put her baby boy in?
(a) A bassinet.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A basket.
(d) An ark.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Ion": During what event must Xuthus have impregnated a local girl according to Ion and Xuthus?

3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where does Iphigenia think her brother is when she is going to release one of the men to take a message to him?

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

5. "Ion": How is Creusa supposed to kill Xuthus and Ion?

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