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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Hippolytus": Who gave Theseus the wish he uses to call down death on Hippolytus?
(a) Hades.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Ares.

3. "Alcestis": Who helped Admetus cheat the Fates?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) His wife.
(d) His daughter.

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

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

6. "Alcestis": Pheres says that no man wishes to die. What does he suggest is better?
(a) For the wife to die.
(b) For the servants to die.
(c) For the slaves to die.
(d) For the childrento die.

7. "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 teach children.
(c) They have to bear the terror of childbirth.
(d) They have to live as mothers to children.

8. "Hippolytus": For what reason does Theseus think his wife has killed herself after reading and misunderstanding her note?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Remorse.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Shame.

9. "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 the kingdom to suffer.
(b) She does not want her children to go fatherless.
(c) She does not want to live anymore.
(d) She does not want her husband to die.

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

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

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

13. "Medea": Whom does Medea kill?
(a) Jason's new wife and Creon.
(b) Jason's new wife, Creon, and her children.
(c) Jason, her children, and Jason's new wife.
(d) Jason's new wife, Jason, and Creon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Hippolytus": What is Artemis the goddess of?

2. "Medea": What reason does Medea give Creon for staying one more day?

3. "Alcestis": Where does Admetus rule?

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

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

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