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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bacchae, pages 155-179.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose death does the chorus sing of in the beginning of The Bacchae?
(a) Agave's.
(b) Oedipus'.
(c) Semele's.
(d) Dionysus'.

2. Who is the current ruler of Thebes in The Bacchae?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Cadmus.
(c) Creon.
(d) Pentheus.

3. Who is killed in sacrifice for the Trojan War?
(a) Iphegenia.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Dioscuri.
(d) Hermia.

4. Who does Electra ask to hide the body of Aegisthus?
(a) Orestes.
(b) The farmer.
(c) Pylades.
(d) The chorus.

5. What god does the chorus bemoan in the last half of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Athena.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Ares.
(d) Juno.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says to the dead Aegisthus that his marriage was godless and filled with evil?

2. What kind of blade does Orestes use to skin the animal with Aegisthus?

3. Who does Aegisthus beg to protect him and destroy his enemies?

4. What does Aegisthus throw on the altar when with Orestes?

5. Who does Electra call unfaithful, attractive to women, but a worthless coward underneath his pretty face?

(see the answer key)

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