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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. "Alcestis": Pheres says that no man wishes to die. What does he suggest is better?
(a) For the childrento die.
(b) For the servants to die.
(c) For the wife to die.
(d) For the slaves to die.

4. "Medea": What reason does Medea give Creon for staying one more day?
(a) To help her sons adjust.
(b) To say goodbye to Jason.
(c) To put her affairs in order.
(d) To gather her things.

5. "Medea": Medea states that women are generally timid. What does she say will make them become deadly?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Anger.
(c) Love.
(d) Jealousy.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Hippolytus": With whom does Aphrodite make Phaedra fall in love?

2. "Andromache": With what does Peleus threaten to beat Menelaus to death?

3. "Alcestis": Pheres is what relation to Admetus?

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

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

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