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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": What does Medea claim about women?

2. "Alcestis": Who agrees to die in place of Admetus?

3. "Hippolytus": Why is Aphrodite angry with Hippolytus?

4. "Medea": Who is Medea?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. "Alcestis": What is Pheres' claim about why he did not want to die?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between justice and injustice as described in the plays? Cite three examples in support of your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Which play is Euripides' best play? His worst? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Based on the plays, do the Ancient Greeks think they can defy the gods or do the Gods rule them? Give at least three examples in support of your position.

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