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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": What state is Heracles in when he claims he will meet death and wrestle for the life of Alcestis?
(a) Grief-stricken.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Happy.

2. "Ion": Which goddess appears to tell how Ion's descendants will settle many parts of Greece ?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hera.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Artemis.

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

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

5. "Hippolytus": What about her desire is causing Phaedra not to eat?
(a) That it is shameful.
(b) That it is not her own.
(c) That it is impossible.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Hippolytus": What does Hippolytus give to Artemis's statue?

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

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

4. "Ion": How many races will Ion's descendants span according to the goddess?

5. "Alcestis": What does the chorus think the upcoming death Admetus's wife is like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. "Andromache": Why is Andromache taking refuge in the shrine of Thetis?

4. "Andromache": Who is Andromache?

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

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

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

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

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

10. "Medea": Why did Jason and Medea travel to Corinth?

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