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

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

3. "Medea": Who is Medea?
(a) A Greek priestess.
(b) A Greek sorceress.
(c) A non-Greek priestess.
(d) A non-Greek sorceress.

4. "Medea": Of what besides deceit does Medea accuse Jason?
(a) Trickery.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Lust.
(d) Slavery.

5. "Andromache": Who sends a messenger to warn Neoptolemos?
(a) The nurse.
(b) The priest.
(c) Peleus.
(d) Andromache.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Ion": Who tries to get Creusa to kill Xuthus and Ion?

2. "Hippolytus": Who gave Theseus the wish he uses to call down death on Hippolytus?

3. "Andromache": Where is Orestes from?

4. "Andromache": Who is the son Peleus had with a goddess?

5. "Alcestis": Who questions the handmaiden of Alcestis in the beginning of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. "Hippolytus": What does the nurse tell Phaedra that love is dependent on?

2. "Medea": In what case are women deadly according to Medea?

3. "Ion": What happens to Creusa before the play begins?

4. "Hippolytus": How was Hippolytus killed?

5. "Andromache": Who is Andromache?

6. "Hippolytus": What is Aphrodite raging against in her speech at the beginning of the play?

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

8. "Medea": Why does Medea think that Jason will eventually pay for his actions?

9. "Alcestis": What has Admetus done before the beginning of the play?

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

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