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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. "The Bacchants": What kind of wreaths do the followers of Dionysus wear?
(a) Olive branch.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Twig.
(d) Floral.

2. "Electra": Where is Orestes going to be tried and acquitted?
(a) Syracuse.
(b) Thessalia.
(c) Delphi.
(d) Athens.

3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Which goddess appears and prevents the king from killing Iphigenia and Orestes?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Hera.
(c) Athena.
(d) Aphrodite.

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": When the priest was about to slit Iphigenia's throat, what appeared in her place?
(a) A fawn.
(b) A cow.
(c) A goat.
(d) A sheep.

5. "Electra": When did Orestes and his friend Pylades flee from Aegisthus?
(a) A few moons ago.
(b) A season ago.
(c) Long ago.
(d) A short time ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Trojan Women": Hecuba laments the death of whom?

2. "The Bacchants": Who has not respected his Bacchic rites?

3. "Trojan Women": With which Greek man does Cassandra go?

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Of what crime does Iphigenia plan to claim the two men are guilty making them unclean?

5. "Trojan Women": What does Hecuba bury with her grandson?

Short Essay Questions

1. "The Bacchants": After the stranger escapes from jail, what tale does the herdsman tell Pentheus?

2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why does Iphigenia think human sacrifice is practiced in Taurus?

3. "Trojan Women": What does Cassandra predict as the fate of Agamemnon?

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

5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": How does Agamemnon convince his daughter and wife to come to his camp?

6. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why are Orestes and Pylades in Taurus?

7. "Electra": What is the plan the tutor and Orestes make to kill Aegisthus?

8. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What happens when Iphigenia is sacrificed?

9. "The Bacchants": Why has Pentheus jailed several of the bacchants?

10. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Why does Achilles vow to defend Iphigenia?

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