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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. "Medea": Medea states that women are generally timid. What does she say will make them become deadly?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Anger.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Love.

2. "Alcestis": Where does Admetus rule?
(a) Thrace.
(b) Saducci.
(c) Delphi.
(d) Pherae.

3. "Hippolytus": How does Phaedra kill herself?
(a) Stabbing.
(b) Poison.
(c) Jumping from the roof.
(d) Hanging.

4. "Andromache": Where does Orestes plan to ambush Neoptolemos?
(a) At the palace.
(b) At Olympus.
(c) At the plays.
(d) At the Delphic oracle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Hippolytus": What is Aphrodite goddess of?

2. "Andromache": Whom does Andromache send to fetch Peleus?

3. "Andromache": Where does the goddess tell Peleus to bury Neoptolemos?

4. "Alcestis": Whom does Heracles talk to and learn the extent of the events in the household?

5. "Medea": What does Jason promise Medea he will provide for her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. "Alcestis": What does the handmaiden think of Alcestis?

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

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

8. "Medea": Describe Medea.

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

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

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