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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Hippolytus": Hippolytus's father is in exile to pay penance for a crime committed where?
(a) In Sicily.
(b) In Sparta.
(c) In Macedonia.
(d) In Athens.

3. "Medea": What does Medea claim about women?
(a) That they are unhappy if they don't realize their great power over their husbands.
(b) That they are unhappy for their slavery to their husbands.
(c) That they are enslaved by motherhood.
(d) That they are wealthy in the joy of motherhood.

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

5. "Alcestis": Pheres is what relation to Admetus?
(a) His father.
(b) His son.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His nephew.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Alcestis": Whom does Heracles talk to and learn the extent of the events in the household?

2. "Hippolytus": What action does Phaedra believe is better than doing wrong?

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

4. "Alcestis": Who questions the handmaiden of Alcestis in the beginning of the play?

5. "Hippolytus": Why is Aphrodite angry with Hippolytus?

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