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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hippolytus.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. "Alcestis": Whom does Heracles talk to and learn the extent of the events in the household?
(a) The butler.
(b) The gardener.
(c) The cook.
(d) The handmaiden.
2. "Medea": Who tells Medea that she and her two sons are to be exiled immediately?
(a) Creon's manservant.
(b) Creon.
(c) The general.
(d) Jason.
3. "Medea": What does Medea need to find before she carries out her plans for Jason?
(a) A safe home for her children.
(b) Money to travel.
(c) A place to go.
(d) A safe haven for her flight.
4. "Alcestis": Who is confused by Admetus's behavior towards Heracles?
(a) The children.
(b) The kingdom.
(c) Heracles and the chorus.
(d) Heracles and Pheres.
5. "Alcestis": Pheres says that no man wishes to die. What does he suggest is better?
(a) For the servants to die.
(b) For the childrento die.
(c) For the wife to die.
(d) For the slaves to die.
Short Answer Questions
1. "Hippolytus": How does Phaedra kill herself?
2. "Medea": What does Medea claim about women?
3. "Medea": What does the chorus fear Medea will do unless she is calmed?
4. "Hippolytus": After Hippolytus dies, what does Theseus tell the chorus that he was?
5. "Alcestis": What state is Heracles in when he claims he will meet death and wrestle for the life of Alcestis?
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