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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Ion": At the beginning of the play, what action of Apollo's does Hermes describe?
(a) Playing the lyre.
(b) Waging war.
(c) Birth.
(d) Rape.

2. "Medea": Of what besides deceit does Medea accuse Jason?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Lust.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Trickery.

3. "Medea": What does Jason promise Medea he will provide for her?
(a) A father for his sons.
(b) Love for his sons.
(c) A home and money.
(d) A place to go.

4. "Andromache": What is Andromache's relationship to Neoptolemos?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Wife.
(c) Slave.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Ion": What condition do Xuthus and Creusa travel to the oracle to cure?

2. "Ion": Who tries to get Creusa to kill Xuthus and Ion?

3. "Hippolytus": After Hippolytus dies, what does Theseus tell the chorus that he was?

4. "Ion": Which goddess appears to tell how Ion's descendants will settle many parts of Greece ?

5. "Andromache": Where does the goddess tell Peleus to bury Neoptolemos?

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