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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. "Medea": What does Medea need to find before she carries out her plans for Jason?
(a) A place to go.
(b) A safe home for her children.
(c) Money to travel.
(d) A safe haven for her flight.

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

5. "Alcestis": Whom does Heracles talk to and learn the extent of the events in the household?
(a) The handmaiden.
(b) The cook.
(c) The gardener.
(d) The butler.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": Whom does Medea kill?

2. "Hippolytus": When the nurse tells Hippolytus of Phaedra's desire for him, Hippolytus swears he will never break his vow of what?

3. "Alcestis": What is Heracles on his way to tame, when he stops at Admetus's house?

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

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

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