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

2. "Hippolytus": What does Hippolytus give to Artemis's statue?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Garlands.
(c) Food.
(d) Incense.

3. "Medea": Of what besides deceit does Medea accuse Jason?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Lust.
(c) Trickery.
(d) Slavery.

4. "Medea": What does Jason claim Medea has learned which makes her better off for his bringing her to Greece?
(a) The value of justice.
(b) The value of strength.
(c) The value of friendship.
(d) The value of knowledge.

5. "Hippolytus": Who gave Theseus the wish he uses to call down death on Hippolytus?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Hades.
(d) Ares.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Ion": At the beginning of the play, what action of Apollo's does Hermes describe?

2. "Hippolytus": Hippolytus's father is in exile to pay penance for a crime committed where?

3. "Hippolytus": What is Artemis the goddess of?

4. "Andromache": What does Orestes plan to do after he kills Neoptolemos?

5. "Alcestis": What is the woman dressed in when Heracles returns with her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. "Ion": What makes Ion believe that Creusa is his mother?

3. "Ion": How does Ion come to the temple of Apollo?

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

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

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

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

8. "Andromache": Who is Andromache?

9. "Alcestis": What is the argument between Apollo and Death about at the beginning of the play?

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

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