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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Iphigenia Among Taurians.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Medea": Who begins the play "Medea" in a lament?
(a) A maid.
(b) A handmaiden.
(c) A girl.
(d) A nurse.

2. "Electra": How is Electra going to lure her mother out to her house?
(a) Claiming to have a baby.
(b) Claiming to have information.
(c) Claiming to be ill.
(d) Claiming to have a present.

3. "Electra": Orestes asks the Electra's peasant husband to go find someone he remembers. Who is the man?
(a) His old manservant.
(b) His old tutor.
(c) His old retainer.
(d) His old bodyguard.

4. "Ion": Which god is Xuthus's father, Aeolus, the son of?
(a) Ares.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Mercury.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Electra": Electra begins with the speech of a peasant from where?

2. "Medea": What does Jason claim Medea has learned which makes her better off for his bringing her to Greece?

3. "Medea": What reason does Medea give Creon for staying one more day?

4. "Hippolytus": When the scene shifts to Phaedra and her nurse, what condition is Phaedra in?

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

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