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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Andromache": Who sends a messenger to warn Neoptolemos?
(a) Peleus.
(b) The nurse.
(c) Andromache.
(d) The priest.

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

3. Whom is Death arguing with at the beginning of the play "Alcestis"?
(a) Alcestis.
(b) Admetus.
(c) The Fates.
(d) Apollo.

4. "Alcestis": Pheres is what relation to Admetus?
(a) His son.
(b) His nephew.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His father.

5. "Hippolytus": When the nurse tells Hippolytus of Phaedra's desire for him, Hippolytus swears he will never break his vow of what?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Honesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Andromache": Whom was Hermione supposed to marry?

2. "Ion": How is Creusa supposed to kill Xuthus and Ion?

3. "Hippolytus": How does Phaedra kill herself?

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

5. "Andromache": Who is the son Peleus had with a goddess?

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