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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Hippolytus": Why is Aphrodite angry with Hippolytus?
(a) He will not build her a temple.
(b) He will not love her.
(c) He will not worship her.
(d) He will not talk to her.

2. "Hippolytus": What does Hippolytus give to Artemis's statue?
(a) Food.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Garlands.
(d) Incense.

3. "Medea": Who tells Medea that she and her two sons are to be exiled immediately?
(a) The general.
(b) Creon.
(c) Creon's manservant.
(d) Jason.

4. "Medea": What has Aegeus been consulting with the oracle to discover?
(a) How he can get to Jason.
(b) How he can get children.
(c) How he can kill Creon.
(d) How he can live as a king.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": Where did Jason and Medea travel to make a home and future for their children?

2. "Medea": What does the chorus fear Medea will do unless she is calmed?

3. "Medea": Who is Medea?

4. "Hippolytus": With whom does Aphrodite make Phaedra fall in love?

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

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