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

2. "Ion": What does Creusa put with the baby boy?
(a) Some of her possessions.
(b) Some gold.
(c) A letter.
(d) Some jewelry.

3. "Medea": Who tells Medea that she and her two sons are to be exiled immediately?
(a) The general.
(b) Creon.
(c) Creon's manservant.
(d) Jason.

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

5. "Andromache": Where is Orestes from?
(a) Mycenae.
(b) Crete.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Macedonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Hippolytus": Who warns Hippolytus not to anger the other gods?

2. "Alcestis": Pheres says that no man wishes to die. What does he suggest is better?

3. "Ion": What does Creusa put her baby boy in?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. "Medea": Describe Medea.

6. "Andromache": What does Menelaus claim when he comes to the shrine?

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

8. "Alcestis": What labor is Heracles on his way to perform?

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

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

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