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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. "Hippolytus": Who tells Phaedra that mortals cannot control the will of the gods?
(a) Her handmaiden.
(b) Her nurse.
(c) Her servant.
(d) Her cook.

4. "Medea": Where did Jason and Medea travel to make a home and future for their children?
(a) Athens.
(b) Delphi.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Sparta.

5. "Hippolytus": For what reason does Theseus think his wife has killed herself after reading and misunderstanding her note?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Remorse.
(d) Shame.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": What does Medea claim about women?

2. "Hippolytus": Hippolytus's father is in exile to pay penance for a crime committed where?

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

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

5. "Alcestis": Who agrees to die in place of Admetus?

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