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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Alcestis": Admetus's wife says she is dying because it is her natural duty and for another reason.Admetus's What is it?
(a) She does not want her children to go fatherless.
(b) She does not want the kingdom to suffer.
(c) She does not want her husband to die.
(d) She does not want to live anymore.

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

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

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

5. "Hippolytus": Who tells Phaedra that mortals cannot control the will of the gods?
(a) Her cook.
(b) Her nurse.
(c) Her servant.
(d) Her handmaiden.

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

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

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

9. "Ion": Apollo orders Hermes to go to Athens. Where is he to bring the baby boy?
(a) To Delphi.
(b) To Damascus.
(c) To Corinth.
(d) To Sparta.

10. "Hippolytus": Who warns Hippolytus not to anger the other gods?
(a) A friend.
(b) A commoner.
(c) A nurse.
(d) An attendant.

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

12. "Alcestis": What state is Heracles in when he claims he will meet death and wrestle for the life of Alcestis?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Happy.
(c) Grief-stricken.
(d) Drunk.

13. "Medea": What does Medea need to find before she carries out her plans for Jason?
(a) A safe home for her children.
(b) Money to travel.
(c) A place to go.
(d) A safe haven for her flight.

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

15. "Andromache": How is Peleus described?
(a) As an old man.
(b) As a strong man.
(c) As a young man.
(d) As a wise man.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Andromache": Whom was Hermione supposed to marry?

2. "Hippolytus": Why is Aphrodite angry with Hippolytus?

3. "Hippolytus": How does Phaedra kill herself?

4. "Ion": Where at the temple does Hermes place the baby?

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

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