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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Iphigenia at Aulis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": If Agamemnon calls off the sacrifice, who will do it?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Creon.
(d) Odysseus.

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What history does Agamemnon discuss at the beginning of the play?
(a) His family and events.
(b) The war.
(c) His world.
(d) The Greeks.

3. "Electra": What does Orestes drop on the king's head when the king is looking at the entrails?
(a) An axe.
(b) A board.
(c) A stone.
(d) A sword.

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What are the Greek troops waiting for while sitting in port?
(a) A leader.
(b) Low tide.
(c) Wind.
(d) A good omen.

5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What lie does Agamemnon tell in order to get Iphigenia to come to be sacrificed?
(a) That he needs her as a warrior.
(b) That she is getting married.
(c) That he is sick.
(d) That there is a present for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": What does Medea claim about women?

2. "Andromache": Which goddess's shrine is Andromache in for refuge?

3. "Ion": What condition do Xuthus and Creusa travel to the oracle to cure?

4. "The Bacchants": When Pentheus is told not to blaspheme the gods, what emotion does he feel?

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

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