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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) Remarry.
(b) Go mad.
(c) Leave the children.
(d) Hire a nanny.

2. "Alcestis": What does the chorus think the upcoming death Admetus's wife is like?
(a) Farce.
(b) Gift.
(c) Sealing.
(d) Sacrifice.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Alcestis": Admetus's wife says she is dying because it is her natural duty and for another reason.Admetus's What is it?

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

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

4. Whom is Death arguing with at the beginning of the play "Alcestis"?

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

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