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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Medea": Where did Jason and Medea travel to make a home and future for their children?
(a) Athens.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Delphi.

2. "Andromache": Of what place is Menelaus king?
(a) Delphi.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Athens.
(d) Corinth.

3. "Ion": What condition do Xuthus and Creusa travel to the oracle to cure?
(a) Infertility.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Madness.

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Who stole Helen?
(a) Hector.
(b) Aulis.
(c) Paris.
(d) Calcas.

5. "Medea": What does the chorus fear Medea will do unless she is calmed?
(a) Kill everyone in her house.
(b) Unleash her fury on the house of Creon.
(c) Abandon her children.
(d) Kill herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": Medea states that women are generally timid. What does she say will make them become deadly?

2. "Electra": What does Orestes do as his mother comes to Electra's house?

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

4. "Ion": How many races will Ion's descendants span according to the goddess?

5. "Alcestis": Where does Admetus rule?

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