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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. "Ion": Apollo orders Hermes to go to Athens. Where is he to bring the baby boy?
(a) To Damascus.
(b) To Sparta.
(c) To Corinth.
(d) To Delphi.

2. "Alcestis": What is Heracles on his way to tame, when he stops at Admetus's house?
(a) Lions.
(b) Harpies.
(c) Horses.
(d) Elephants.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Ion": How is Creusa supposed to kill Xuthus and Ion?

2. "Alcestis": Who questions the handmaiden of Alcestis in the beginning of the play?

3. "Alcestis": Pheres is what relation to Admetus?

4. Whom is Death arguing with at the beginning of the play "Alcestis"?

5. "Andromache": Which god does Andromache blame for her current troubles?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. "Medea": In what case are women deadly according to Medea?

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