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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. "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.
2. "Hippolytus": Who warns Hippolytus not to anger the other gods?
(a) A friend.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A commoner.
(d) An attendant.
3. "Andromache": Which goddess's shrine is Andromache in for refuge?
(a) Hera's.
(b) Artemis's.
(c) Athena's.
(d) Thetis's.
4. "Medea": Whom does Medea kill?
(a) Jason's new wife, Jason, and Creon.
(b) Jason, her children, and Jason's new wife.
(c) Jason's new wife and Creon.
(d) Jason's new wife, Creon, and her children.
5. "Ion": After Hermes' introduction, where does the play start?
(a) At the house.
(b) At the temple.
(c) On the road.
(d) At the cliffs.
Short Answer Questions
1. "Ion": Apollo orders Hermes to go to Athens. Where is he to bring the baby boy?
2. "Hippolytus": What about her desire is causing Phaedra not to eat?
3. "Andromache": Of whom is Andromache a widow?
4. "Andromache": What is Andromache's relationship to Neoptolemos?
5. "Medea": What has Aegeus been consulting with the oracle to discover?
Short Essay Questions
1. "Andromache": When Menelaus betrays Andromache when she leaves the shrine, what does she do?
2. "Andromache": When Menelaus refuses to give Andromache up, what does Peleus say?
3. "Hippolytus": Why does Phaedra think it is better to commit suicide than to do wrong?
4. "Alcestis": What is Pheres' claim about why he did not want to die?
5. "Medea": In what case are women deadly according to Medea?
6. "Alcestis": What is the argument between Apollo and Death about at the beginning of the play?
7. "Andromache": What does Menelaus claim when he comes to the shrine?
8. "Medea": What does the nurse learn while gossiping with the tutor?
9. "Ion": How does Ion come to the temple of Apollo?
10. "Ion": Why do Xuthus and Creusa travel to Delphi?
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