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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 the chorus fear Medea will do unless she is calmed?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Unleash her fury on the house of Creon.
(c) Abandon her children.
(d) Kill everyone in her house.

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

3. "Ion": What does Creusa put with the baby boy?
(a) A letter.
(b) Some of her possessions.
(c) Some jewelry.
(d) Some gold.

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

5. "Hippolytus": What about her desire is causing Phaedra not to eat?
(a) That it is impossible.
(b) That it is shameful.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) That it is not her own.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": From whom is it learned that Creon plans to expel Jason's children with Medea?

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

3. "Andromache": Of whom is Andromache a widow?

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

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

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