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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What reason does Iphigenia give to the king for taking an item out of the temple?
(a) To cleanse it.
(b) To worship with it.
(c) For secret rites.
(d) To shine it.

2. "Andromache": Who snatches the sword from Hermione before she can kill herself?
(a) The nurse.
(b) The priestess.
(c) The servant.
(d) The handmaiden.

3. "Trojan Women": What does Hecuba bury with her grandson?
(a) Hector's sword.
(b) Hector's shield.
(c) Hector's helmet.
(d) Hector's armor.

4. "Trojan Women": The goddess has decided to attack her former allies, the Greeks, because they have done violence to whom?
(a) Some of her servants.
(b) The women.
(c) Her sisters.
(d) Some of her children.

5. "Medea": What does Jason claim Medea has learned which makes her better off for his bringing her to Greece?
(a) The value of strength.
(b) The value of justice.
(c) The value of knowledge.
(d) The value of friendship.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Alcestis": What does the chorus think the upcoming death Admetus's wife is like?

2. "Hippolytus": When the scene shifts to Phaedra and her nurse, what condition is Phaedra in?

3. "Alcestis": Whom does Heracles talk to and learn the extent of the events in the household?

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who tells the king of Iphigenia's deceit?

5. "Ion": After Creusa gives birth to a boy, to where does she take him?

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