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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Medea": What does Medea claim about women?
(a) That they are wealthy in the joy of motherhood.
(b) That they are enslaved by motherhood.
(c) That they are unhappy for their slavery to their husbands.
(d) That they are unhappy if they don't realize their great power over their husbands.

2. "Medea": From whom is it learned that Creon plans to expel Jason's children with Medea?
(a) The cook.
(b) The butler.
(c) The manservant.
(d) The tutor.

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

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

5. "Medea": What has Aegeus been consulting with the oracle to discover?
(a) How he can get children.
(b) How he can live as a king.
(c) How he can kill Creon.
(d) How he can get to Jason.

6. "Hippolytus": What is Artemis the goddess of?
(a) Hope and wisdom.
(b) Virginity and chastity.
(c) Animals and children.
(d) Food and prosperity.

7. "Medea": What does Jason promise Medea he will provide for her?
(a) A place to go.
(b) A father for his sons.
(c) A home and money.
(d) Love for his sons.

8. "Medea": Who begins the play "Medea" in a lament?
(a) A handmaiden.
(b) A maid.
(c) A girl.
(d) A nurse.

9. "Alcestis": What is the name of the son who discusses his sorrow with Admetus?
(a) Eumelus.
(b) Euseris.
(c) Eumillic.
(d) Eugene.

10. "Hippolytus": What does Hippolytus give to Artemis's statue?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Garlands.
(c) Food.
(d) Incense.

11. "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) Kill herself.
(d) Abandon her children.

12. "Andromache": Where does Orestes plan to ambush Neoptolemos?
(a) At the palace.
(b) At the Delphic oracle.
(c) At the plays.
(d) At Olympus.

13. "Medea": Who tells Medea that she and her two sons are to be exiled immediately?
(a) Jason.
(b) Creon's manservant.
(c) The general.
(d) Creon.

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

15. "Andromache": Who is the son Peleus had with a goddess?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Achilles.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. "Alcestis": Who questions the handmaiden of Alcestis in the beginning of the play?

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

5. "Hippolytus": For what reason does Theseus think his wife has killed herself after reading and misunderstanding her note?

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