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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 if they don't realize their great power over their husbands.
(d) That they are unhappy for their slavery to their husbands.

2. "Alcestis": Who agrees to die in place of Admetus?
(a) His sister.
(b) His niece.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

3. "Andromache": Where does the goddess tell Peleus to bury Neoptolemos?
(a) Sparta.
(b) The riverside.
(c) Athens.
(d) Delphi.

4. "Hippolytus": What is Aphrodite goddess of?
(a) Love.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Gardens.
(d) The sea.

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

6. "Ion": At the beginning of the play, what action of Apollo's does Hermes describe?
(a) Waging war.
(b) Playing the lyre.
(c) Birth.
(d) Rape.

7. "Andromache": What does Orestes plan to do after he kills Neoptolemos?
(a) Marry Hermione.
(b) Offer Hermione as a servant to an oracle.
(c) Make Hermione his lover.
(d) Make Hermione his slave.

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

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

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

11. "Alcestis": What is Heracles on his way to tame, when he stops at Admetus's house?
(a) Harpies.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Lions.
(d) Horses.

12. "Alcestis": What does the chorus think the upcoming death Admetus's wife is like?
(a) Gift.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Sealing.
(d) Farce.

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

14. "Andromache": Of whom is Andromache a widow?
(a) Perseus.
(b) Hector.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Achilles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": What has Aegeus been consulting with the oracle to discover?

2. "Ion": During what event must Xuthus have impregnated a local girl according to Ion and Xuthus?

3. "Andromache": Of what place is Menelaus king?

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

5. "Ion": How is Xuthus described?

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