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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Hippolytus": Hippolytus's father is in exile to pay penance for a crime committed where?

3. "Alcestis": What is the woman dressed in when Heracles returns with her?

4. "Medea": Medea states that women are generally timid. What does she say will make them become deadly?

5. "Ion": Where at the temple does Hermes place the baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. "Andromache": Who is Andromache?

2. "Medea": What does the nurse learn while gossiping with the tutor?

3. "Hippolytus": What tactic does Aphrodite use to begin her plot of revenge?

4. "Ion": Why do Xuthus and Creusa travel to Delphi?

5. "Ion": What makes Ion believe that Creusa is his mother?

6. "Hippolytus": How was Hippolytus killed?

7. "Hippolytus": Why is Theseus in exile?

8. "Andromache": Why is Andromache taking refuge in the shrine of Thetis?

9. "Hippolytus": What is Aphrodite raging against in her speech at the beginning of the play?

10. "Alcestis": What is Pheres' claim about why he did not want to die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of myth for the Ancient Greeks? How does this role play a part in each play?

Essay Topic 2

Does Euripides believe roles in society are established by convention or by nature? What are three examples from plays that support your answer?

Essay Topic 3

What are three types of irony and how does Euripides use them in his plays? Give at least one example for each type of irony.

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