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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Trojan Women": The Greeks have assembled the Trojan women who were spared death to become what?
(a) Wives.
(b) Stable hands.
(c) Nurses and nannies.
(d) Slaves and concubines.

2. "Electra": Where is Orestes going to be tried and acquitted?
(a) Delphi.
(b) Athens.
(c) Thessalia.
(d) Syracuse.

3. "Alcestis": What is Heracles on his way to tame, when he stops at Admetus's house?
(a) Harpies.
(b) Lions.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Horses.

4. "Hippolytus": What action does Phaedra believe is better than doing wrong?
(a) Repenting.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Apologizing.

5. "Ion": After Creusa gives birth to a boy, to where does she take him?
(a) A river.
(b) A cave.
(c) A beach.
(d) A mountain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Ion": Which god is Xuthus's father, Aeolus, the son of?

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

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

5. "Andromache": Who sends a messenger to warn Neoptolemos?

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