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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Alcestis": What does Admetus's wife make him promise not to do after she dies?
(a) Leave the children.
(b) Go mad.
(c) Hire a nanny.
(d) Remarry.

2. "Medea": Of what besides deceit does Medea accuse Jason?
(a) Lust.
(b) Trickery.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Slavery.

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

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

5. "Medea": What does Jason claim Medea has learned which makes her better off for his bringing her to Greece?
(a) The value of knowledge.
(b) The value of justice.
(c) The value of strength.
(d) The value of friendship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Alcestis": Pheres says that no man wishes to die. What does he suggest is better?

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

4. "Hippolytus": What about her desire is causing Phaedra not to eat?

5. "Medea": Whom did Jason make an agreement with King Creon to marry?

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