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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bacchants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Hippolytus": What about her desire is causing Phaedra not to eat?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) That it is impossible.
(c) That it is not her own.
(d) That it is shameful.

2. "Andromache": Which goddess's shrine is Andromache in for refuge?
(a) Artemis's.
(b) Athena's.
(c) Thetis's.
(d) Hera's.

3. "Ion": What does Xuthus do before seeing the oracle?
(a) Sing a song.
(b) Make a sacrifice.
(c) Dance.
(d) Pay money.

4. "Ion": After Hermes' introduction, where does the play start?
(a) At the cliffs.
(b) On the road.
(c) At the house.
(d) At the temple.

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Which goddess appears and prevents the king from killing Iphigenia and Orestes?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hera.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Artemis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "The Bacchants": What is the clothing of followers of Dionysus?

3. "Andromache": What is Andromache's relationship to Neoptolemos?

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

5. "Trojan Women": Before the Greeks take her to whom is Cassandra is a servant?

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