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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "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 slave.
(d) Make Hermione his lover.

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

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

5. "Andromache": What is Andromache's relationship to Neoptolemos?
(a) Slave.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Wife.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

6. "Alcestis": Whom does Heracles talk to and learn the extent of the events in the household?
(a) The butler.
(b) The gardener.
(c) The handmaiden.
(d) The cook.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. "Hippolytus": What is Artemis the goddess of?
(a) Animals and children.
(b) Virginity and chastity.
(c) Hope and wisdom.
(d) Food and prosperity.

15. "Ion": After Creusa gives birth to a boy, to where does she take him?
(a) A beach.
(b) A river.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A cave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Medea": Who tells Medea that she and her two sons are to be exiled immediately?

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

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

5. "Hippolytus": What does Hippolytus give to Artemis's statue?

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