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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Iphigenia Among Taurians.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. "Andromache": Where does the goddess tell Peleus to bury Neoptolemos?
(a) The riverside.
(b) Delphi.
(c) Athens.
(d) Sparta.
2. "Alcestis": What is the woman dressed in when Heracles returns with her?
(a) A mask.
(b) A veil.
(c) A robe.
(d) A caftan.
3. "Andromache": Where does Orestes plan to ambush Neoptolemos?
(a) At the palace.
(b) At Olympus.
(c) At the Delphic oracle.
(d) At the plays.
4. "Alcestis": What does Admetus's wife make him promise not to do after she dies?
(a) Remarry.
(b) Leave the children.
(c) Go mad.
(d) Hire a nanny.
5. "Medea": What does the chorus fear Medea will do unless she is calmed?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Kill everyone in her house.
(c) Unleash her fury on the house of Creon.
(d) Abandon her children.
Short Answer Questions
1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who tells the king of Iphigenia's deceit?
2. "Ion": What does Creusa put with the baby boy?
3. "Electra": Aegisthus married Electra to the peasant so she cannot have what?
4. "Medea": What reason does Medea give Creon for staying one more day?
5. "Alcestis": Pheres says that no man wishes to die. What does he suggest is better?
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