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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Alcestis": Who helped Admetus cheat the Fates?
(a) His daughter.
(b) Zeus.
(c) His wife.
(d) Apollo.

2. "Andromache": Whom does Andromache send to fetch Peleus?
(a) The shepherd.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) The priestess.
(d) Her handmaiden.

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

4. "Hippolytus": When the scene shifts to Phaedra and her nurse, what condition is Phaedra in?
(a) She is asleep.
(b) She is drunk.
(c) She is ill.
(d) She is happy.

5. "Hippolytus": Hippolytus's father is in exile to pay penance for a crime committed where?
(a) In Macedonia.
(b) In Sicily.
(c) In Sparta.
(d) In Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Ion": Which god is Xuthus's father, Aeolus, the son of?

2. "Medea": What does Jason claim Medea has learned which makes her better off for his bringing her to Greece?

3. "Medea": Who tells Medea that she and her two sons are to be exiled immediately?

4. "Andromache": Who is Hermione?

5. "Ion": During what event must Xuthus have impregnated a local girl according to Ion and Xuthus?

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