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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Trojan Women.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Medea": What does Medea claim about women?
(a) That they are wealthy in the joy of motherhood.
(b) That they are enslaved by motherhood.
(c) That they are unhappy if they don't realize their great power over their husbands.
(d) That they are unhappy for their slavery to their husbands.

2. "Andromache": Whom was Hermione supposed to marry?
(a) Neoptolemos.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Orestes.

3. "Hippolytus": When the scene shifts to Phaedra and her nurse, what condition is Phaedra in?
(a) She is ill.
(b) She is asleep.
(c) She is drunk.
(d) She is happy.

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

5. "Hippolytus": Hippolytus's father is in exile to pay penance for a crime committed where?
(a) In Sparta.
(b) In Athens.
(c) In Macedonia.
(d) In Sicily.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": What reason does Medea give Creon for staying one more day?

2. "Trojan Women": What does Cassandra say her death is the working of?

3. "Trojan Women": With which Greek man does Hecuba go?

4. "Medea": Whom does Creon think Medea will attempt to kill?

5. "Hippolytus": Where is Hippolytus's father in exile?

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