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

2. "Alcestis": What does Admetus's wife make him promise not to do after she dies?
(a) Leave the children.
(b) Go mad.
(c) Hire a nanny.
(d) Remarry.

3. "Hippolytus": Where is Hippolytus's father in exile?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Gransten.
(c) Aleceadis.
(d) Troezen.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Ion": Where at the temple does Hermes place the baby?

2. "Medea": Of what besides deceit does Medea accuse Jason?

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

4. "Ion": What does Xuthus do before seeing the oracle?

5. "Hippolytus": What about her desire is causing Phaedra not to eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. "Hippolytus": Why is Theseus in exile?

2. "Ion": Why do Xuthus and Creusa travel to Delphi?

3. "Medea": Describe Medea.

4. "Andromache": When Menelaus betrays Andromache when she leaves the shrine, what does she do?

5. "Hippolytus": What tactic does Aphrodite use to begin her plot of revenge?

6. "Ion": What does the oracle tell Xuthus?

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

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

9. "Alcestis": What is Pheres' claim about why he did not want to die?

10. "Ion": How does Ion respond when Creusa says that the gods may be to blame for their troubles?

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