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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Andromache": What does Orestes plan to do after he kills Neoptolemos?
(a) Offer Hermione as a servant to an oracle.
(b) Make Hermione his slave.
(c) Make Hermione his lover.
(d) Marry Hermione.

2. "Ion": Who tries to get Creusa to kill Xuthus and Ion?
(a) The servant.
(b) The slave.
(c) The retainer.
(d) The handmaiden.

3. "Alcestis": Who helped Admetus cheat the Fates?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) His wife.
(d) His daughter.

4. "Alcestis": Who agrees to die in place of Admetus?
(a) His wife.
(b) His niece.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

5. "Ion": After Creusa gives birth to a boy, to where does she take him?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A beach.
(c) A cave.
(d) A river.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Hippolytus": What is Aphrodite goddess of?

2. "Hippolytus": Who tells Phaedra that mortals cannot control the will of the gods?

3. "Ion": How is Xuthus described?

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

5. "Ion": At the beginning of the play, what action of Apollo's does Hermes describe?

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