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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Andromache": Where is Orestes from?
(a) Macedonia.
(b) Crete.
(c) Mycenae.
(d) Damascus.

2. "Hippolytus": Where is Hippolytus's father in exile?
(a) Troezen.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Aleceadis.
(d) Gransten.

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

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

5. "Medea": Whom does Medea kill?
(a) Jason's new wife, Jason, and Creon.
(b) Jason's new wife and Creon.
(c) Jason's new wife, Creon, and her children.
(d) Jason, her children, and Jason's new wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": Medea states that women are generally timid. What does she say will make them become deadly?

2. "Medea": Who begins the play "Medea" in a lament?

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

4. "Hippolytus": After Hippolytus dies, what does Theseus tell the chorus that he was?

5. "Alcestis": What is the woman dressed in when Heracles returns with her?

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