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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Hippolytus": When the nurse tells Hippolytus of Phaedra's desire for him, Hippolytus swears he will never break his vow of what?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Chastity.
(d) Poverty.

2. "Medea": Medea states that women are generally timid. What does she say will make them become deadly?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Anger.
(d) Love.

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

4. "Alcestis": What does Heracles seek from Admetus when he arrives at the house?
(a) Advice.
(b) Food.
(c) Hospitality.
(d) Money.

5. "Hippolytus": How does Phaedra kill herself?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Stabbing.
(c) Jumping from the roof.
(d) Poison.

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

7. "Hippolytus": What action does Phaedra believe is better than doing wrong?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Apologizing.
(d) Repenting.

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

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

10. "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.

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

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

13. "Hippolytus": What about her desire is causing Phaedra not to eat?
(a) That it is not her own.
(b) That it is impossible.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) That it is shameful.

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

15. "Medea": Medea claims that women are the unhappiest creatures on earth for a second reason. What is the second reason?
(a) They have to live with men.
(b) They have to bear the terror of childbirth.
(c) They have to teach children.
(d) They have to live as mothers to children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Ion": After Hermes' introduction, where does the play start?

3. "Andromache": With what does Peleus threaten to beat Menelaus to death?

4. "Alcestis": What does Admetus heap on Pheres before he leaves the funeral?

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

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