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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Ion": Who tells Creusa that she will never have a child with Xuthus?
(a) The priestess.
(b) The god.
(c) The chorus.
(d) The oracle.

3. "Andromache": Which god does Andromache blame for her current troubles?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Hades.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

4. "Alcestis": Who is confused by Admetus's behavior towards Heracles?
(a) The kingdom.
(b) Heracles and the chorus.
(c) The children.
(d) Heracles and Pheres.

5. "Alcestis": What does Admetus's wife make him promise not to do after she dies?
(a) Leave the children.
(b) Remarry.
(c) Go mad.
(d) Hire a nanny.

6. "Medea": What reason does Medea give Creon for staying one more day?
(a) To gather her things.
(b) To put her affairs in order.
(c) To help her sons adjust.
(d) To say goodbye to Jason.

7. "Ion": During what event must Xuthus have impregnated a local girl according to Ion and Xuthus?
(a) A harvest festival.
(b) A religious rite.
(c) A moon festival.
(d) A bacchanal rite.

8. "Andromache": With what does Peleus threaten to beat Menelaus to death?
(a) A tree branch.
(b) His sword.
(c) A crown.
(d) His cane.

9. "Alcestis": What is the woman dressed in when Heracles returns with her?
(a) A mask.
(b) A veil.
(c) A caftan.
(d) A robe.

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

11. "Hippolytus": Why is Aphrodite angry with Hippolytus?
(a) He will not build her a temple.
(b) He will not worship her.
(c) He will not talk to her.
(d) He will not love her.

12. "Andromache": Where is Andromache from?
(a) Damascus.
(b) Athens.
(c) Troy.
(d) Sparta.

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

14. "Hippolytus": Hippolytus's father is in exile to pay penance for a crime committed where?
(a) In Athens.
(b) In Macedonia.
(c) In Sicily.
(d) In Sparta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Ion": What does Creusa put with the baby boy?

2. "Medea": Whom did Jason make an agreement with King Creon to marry?

3. "Medea": Who begins the play "Medea" in a lament?

4. "Alcestis": Pheres is what relation to Admetus?

5. "Ion": What condition do Xuthus and Creusa travel to the oracle to cure?

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