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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Ion": What does Xuthus do before seeing the oracle?
(a) Make a sacrifice.
(b) Sing a song.
(c) Dance.
(d) Pay money.

2. "Ion": Who tells Creusa that she will never have a child with Xuthus?
(a) The priestess.
(b) The chorus.
(c) The oracle.
(d) The god.

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

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

5. "Alcestis": What is the name of the son who discusses his sorrow with Admetus?
(a) Euseris.
(b) Eugene.
(c) Eumelus.
(d) Eumillic.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": Whom did Jason make an agreement with King Creon to marry?

2. "Ion": What does Creusa put her baby boy in?

3. "Hippolytus": Why is Aphrodite angry with Hippolytus?

4. "Ion": Where at the temple does Hermes place the baby?

5. "Hippolytus": Hippolytus's father is in exile to pay penance for a crime committed where?

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