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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. "Alcestis": Who helped Admetus cheat the Fates?
(a) His daughter.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) His wife.

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

3. "Hippolytus": Who tells Phaedra that mortals cannot control the will of the gods?
(a) Her nurse.
(b) Her handmaiden.
(c) Her cook.
(d) Her servant.

4. "Ion": What condition do Xuthus and Creusa travel to the oracle to cure?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Madness.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Infertility.

5. "Ion": Who tries to get Creusa to kill Xuthus and Ion?
(a) The handmaiden.
(b) The retainer.
(c) The servant.
(d) The slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Andromache": What is Andromache's relationship to Neoptolemos?

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

3. "Medea": Whom does Medea kill?

4. "Hippolytus": What action does Phaedra believe is better than doing wrong?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. "Hippolytus": How was Hippolytus killed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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