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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. "Ion": What does Creusa put her baby boy in?

2. "Ion": Whose idea is it to have Ion adopted by Xuthus?

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

4. "Medea": What reason does Medea give Creon for staying one more day?

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

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. "Hippolytus": Why is Theseus in exile?

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

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

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

7. "Alcestis": Why does Alcestis claim she is dying for her husband?

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

9. "Ion": Why do Xuthus and Creusa travel to Delphi?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are three types of irony and how does Euripides use them in his plays? Give at least one example for each type of irony.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Euripides mix tragedy and comedy in his plays? Support your answer with evidence from the plays.

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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