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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Hippolytus": Where is Hippolytus's father in exile?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Aleceadis.
(c) Troezen.
(d) Gransten.

2. "The Bacchants": How does Pentheus disguise himself to go view the rites on the hill?
(a) As a commoner.
(b) As a woman.
(c) As a shepherd.
(d) As a herdsman.

3. "Andromache": Who is Hermione?
(a) Princess of Troy.
(b) Princess of Sparta.
(c) Princess of Delphi.
(d) Princess of Athens.

4. "Andromache": Who snatches the sword from Hermione before she can kill herself?
(a) The nurse.
(b) The handmaiden.
(c) The servant.
(d) The priestess.

5. "Electra": Electra begins with the speech of a peasant from where?
(a) Damascus.
(b) Tarturus.
(c) Helios.
(d) Mycenae.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": Whom does Creon think Medea will attempt to kill?

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

3. "Alcestis": What does the chorus think the upcoming death Admetus's wife is like?

4. "Ion": Whose idea is it to have Ion adopted by Xuthus?

5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What history does Agamemnon discuss at the beginning of the play?

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