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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Ion": How is Creusa supposed to kill Xuthus and Ion?
(a) With a horse.
(b) With an accident.
(c) With a sword.
(d) With poison.

2. "Hippolytus": After Hippolytus dies, what does Theseus tell the chorus that he was?
(a) Noble.
(b) Honorable.
(c) Great.
(d) Guilty.

3. "Ion": Who tries to get Creusa to kill Xuthus and Ion?
(a) The retainer.
(b) The slave.
(c) The servant.
(d) The handmaiden.

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Of what crime does Iphigenia plan to claim the two men are guilty making them unclean?
(a) Fratricide.
(b) Matricide.
(c) Patricide.
(d) Homicide.

5. "Trojan Women": What is Poseidon the god of?
(a) The air.
(b) The moon.
(c) The sea.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": Whom did Jason make an agreement with King Creon to marry?

2. "Hippolytus": Who is Hippolytus's father?

3. "Trojan Women": What does Hecuba bury with her grandson?

4. "Electra": What does the king want the entrails of the animal for?

5. "Medea": Who tells Medea that she and her two sons are to be exiled immediately?

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