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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Andromache": What does Orestes plan to do after he kills Neoptolemos?
(a) Make Hermione his lover.
(b) Offer Hermione as a servant to an oracle.
(c) Marry Hermione.
(d) Make Hermione his slave.

3. "Medea": What reason does Medea give Creon for staying one more day?
(a) To say goodbye to Jason.
(b) To help her sons adjust.
(c) To put her affairs in order.
(d) To gather her things.

4. "Medea": Whom did Jason make an agreement with King Creon to marry?
(a) Creon's sister.
(b) Creon's daughter.
(c) Creon's niece.
(d) Creon's aunt.

5. "Ion": During what event must Xuthus have impregnated a local girl according to Ion and Xuthus?
(a) A moon festival.
(b) A bacchanal rite.
(c) A harvest festival.
(d) A religious rite.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Ion": Which goddess appears to tell how Ion's descendants will settle many parts of Greece ?

2. "Medea": Medea claims that women are the unhappiest creatures on earth for a second reason. What is the second reason?

3. "Ion": After Hermes' introduction, where does the play start?

4. "Ion": Which god is Xuthus's father, Aeolus, the son of?

5. "Medea": Of what besides deceit does Medea accuse Jason?

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