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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Alcestis": What state is Heracles in when he claims he will meet death and wrestle for the life of Alcestis?
(a) Happy.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Grief-stricken.
(d) Sleep.

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

3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where will Iphigenia take the two men to clean them and help them escape?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The lake.
(c) The river.
(d) The mountains.

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What does Iphigenia feel as she prepares to perform the sacrifice?
(a) No pleasure.
(b) No loss.
(c) No pain.
(d) No sadness.

5. "Ion": Which goddess appears to tell how Ion's descendants will settle many parts of Greece ?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Hera.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Alcestis": What does Heracles seek from Admetus when he arrives at the house?

3. "Ion": What does Xuthus do before seeing the oracle?

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

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Iphigenia's father tell her she was going to marry?

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