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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Ion": What condition do Xuthus and Creusa travel to the oracle to cure?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Infertility.
(d) Madness.

3. "Andromache": Where does Orestes plan to ambush Neoptolemos?
(a) At the Delphic oracle.
(b) At the plays.
(c) At Olympus.
(d) At the palace.

4. "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.

5. "Medea": Who is Medea?
(a) A Greek sorceress.
(b) A Greek priestess.
(c) A non-Greek priestess.
(d) A non-Greek sorceress.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Ion": Whose idea is it to have Ion adopted by Xuthus?

2. "Alcestis": What does Admetus's wife make him promise not to do after she dies?

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

4. "Alcestis": What does the chorus think the upcoming death Admetus's wife is like?

5. "Alcestis": What does Heracles seek from Admetus when he arrives at the house?

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