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

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

3. "Ion": How many races will Ion's descendants span according to the goddess?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

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

5. "Ion": Whose idea is it to have Ion adopted by Xuthus?
(a) The priestess.
(b) Ares.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Hermes.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": In Iphigenia's dream, what do Orestes and Pylades try to take from the temple?

2. "Ion": What does Xuthus do before seeing the oracle?

3. "Ion": Who tells Creusa that she will never have a child with Xuthus?

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Which goddess does Iphigenia serve?

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

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