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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Alcestis": What does Admetus heap on Pheres before he leaves the funeral?
(a) Advice.
(b) Curses.
(c) Blessings.
(d) Work.

3. "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 say goodbye to Jason.
(d) To help her sons adjust.

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

5. "Ion": Which goddess appears to tell how Ion's descendants will settle many parts of Greece ?
(a) Hera.
(b) Athena.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Aphrodite.

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

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

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

9. Whom is Death arguing with at the beginning of the play "Alcestis"?
(a) Admetus.
(b) The Fates.
(c) Alcestis.
(d) Apollo.

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

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

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

13. "Ion": Where at the temple does Hermes place the baby?
(a) At the table.
(b) At the steps.
(c) At the statue.
(d) At the altar.

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

15. "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) Poverty.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Chastity.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Andromache": Who snatches the sword from Hermione before she can kill herself?

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

3. "Hippolytus": Who is Hippolytus's father?

4. "Alcestis": Whom does Heracles talk to and learn the extent of the events in the household?

5. "Medea": What does Medea claim about women?

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