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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. "Iphigenia at Aulis" begins with a speech that has been what?
(a) Misplaced.
(b) Never performed.
(c) Translated.
(d) Lost.

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Whom does Agamemnon need to sacrifice?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His sister.
(d) His wife.

3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Apollo want to stop when he told Orestes and Pylades to take the item from the temple?
(a) The Erinyes.
(b) The Spartans.
(c) The Riacans.
(d) The Descpartians.

4. "The Bacchants": What is Pentheus's role?
(a) King of Macedonia.
(b) King of Declean.
(c) King of Sparta.
(d) King of Thebes.

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What does Iphigenia feel as she prepares to perform the sacrifice?
(a) No pleasure.
(b) No pain.
(c) No sadness.
(d) No loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What did Agamemnon do that upsets Achilles?

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What is Iphigenia doing while pleading with Agamemnon not to sacrifice her?

3. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What does Agamemnon give to the servant to take to his family?

4. "The Bacchants": What is Tiresias's main characteristic?

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where does Iphigenia think her brother is when she is going to release one of the men to take a message to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Why does Agamemnon try to tell his daughter not to come to the camp?

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What prophecy has Calchas made?

3. "The Bacchants": What does the stranger convince Pentheus to do after he hears the tale from the herdsman?

4. "Trojan Women": What does Cassandra tell Hecuba after her prediction about Agamemnon?

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who is Iphigenia?

6. "The Bacchants": What do Cadmus and Tiresias discuss on their way to the bacchanal celebration?

7. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why do the men capture Pylades and Orestes?

8. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What dream does Iphigenia have at the beginning of the play?

9. "Trojan Women": What does Hecuba tell Menelaus?

10. "The Bacchants": Why does Dionysus plot against the Thebans?

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