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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Alcestis": What is Heracles on his way to tame, when he stops at Admetus's house?
(a) Lions.
(b) Horses.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Harpies.

2. "Alcestis": Who questions the handmaiden of Alcestis in the beginning of the play?
(a) The leader of the chorus.
(b) A god.
(c) Death.
(d) The Fates.

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

4. "Medea": Medea states that women are generally timid. What does she say will make them become deadly?
(a) Love.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Anger.

5. "Medea": Medea claims that women are the unhappiest creatures on earth for a second reason. What is the second reason?
(a) They have to teach children.
(b) They have to bear the terror of childbirth.
(c) They have to live with men.
(d) They have to live as mothers to children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Medea": Who tells Medea that she and her two sons are to be exiled immediately?

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

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

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

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