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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. "Andromache": Whom was Hermione supposed to marry?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Heracles.
(d) Neoptolemos.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. "Medea": What does Medea need to find before she carries out her plans for Jason?

4. "Alcestis": Who agrees to die in place of Admetus?

5. "Andromache": Which goddess's shrine is Andromache in for refuge?

Short Essay Questions

1. "Hippolytus": Why does Phaedra think it is better to commit suicide than to do wrong?

2. "Ion": How does Ion come to the temple of Apollo?

3. "Medea": Why did Jason and Medea travel to Corinth?

4. "Andromache": Why does Andromache bemoan Apollo's actions?

5. "Medea": What does Aegeus swear to Medea that he will do?

6. "Ion": What makes Ion believe that Creusa is his mother?

7. "Alcestis": What is the argument between Apollo and Death about at the beginning of the play?

8. "Andromache": When Menelaus refuses to give Andromache up, what does Peleus say?

9. "Medea": What does the nurse learn while gossiping with the tutor?

10. "Andromache": Why is Andromache taking refuge in the shrine of Thetis?

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