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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Iphigenia Among Taurians.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Ion": Whose idea is it to have Ion adopted by Xuthus?
(a) Ares.
(b) Hermes.
(c) The priestess.
(d) Apollo.

3. "Trojan Women": How do the Greeks kill Andromache's son?
(a) Throw him from the battlements.
(b) Run him over with horses.
(c) Behead him.
(d) Stone him.

4. "Andromache": Where does Orestes plan to ambush Neoptolemos?
(a) At the palace.
(b) At the plays.
(c) At Olympus.
(d) At the Delphic oracle.

5. "Medea": What does Medea need to find before she carries out her plans for Jason?
(a) A place to go.
(b) Money to travel.
(c) A safe haven for her flight.
(d) A safe home for her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Andromache": Where is Orestes from?

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

3. "Medea": What does the chorus fear Medea will do unless she is calmed?

4. "Andromache": Of what place is Menelaus king?

5. "Trojan Women": The play begins after the fall of what city?

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