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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Iphigenia at Aulis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Once they are on the ship, what does the sea do?
(a) Swallows the ship.
(b) Kills Orestes.
(c) Swallows the passengers.
(d) Captures Iphigenia.

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

3. "Alcestis": Who helped Admetus cheat the Fates?
(a) His daughter.
(b) Zeus.
(c) His wife.
(d) Apollo.

4. "Trojan Women": Before the Greeks take her to whom is Cassandra is a servant?
(a) The fates.
(b) The gods.
(c) The queen.
(d) The king.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Electra": Who tells Electra Aegisthus is successfully murdered?

2. "Alcestis": What is Heracles on his way to tame, when he stops at Admetus's house?

3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": When Iphigenia realizes that one of the captured men is her brother, she devises a plan while helping them fulfill Apollo's orders. What will this plan help her do?

4. "Hippolytus": When the nurse tells Hippolytus of Phaedra's desire for him, Hippolytus swears he will never break his vow of what?

5. "Ion": Who tells Creusa that she will never have a child with Xuthus?

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