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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. Who makes up the chorus in The Bacchae?
(a) The Asian Bacchae.
(b) The Armenian Bacchae.
(c) The Argive Bacchae.
(d) The Trojan Bacchae.

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

3. What kind of knife does Orestes ask for to butcher the animal?
(a) Arteman.
(b) Andrean.
(c) Dorian.
(d) Phthian.

4. Where does Orestes' party find Aegisthus?
(a) Walking in a meadow.
(b) At the palace.
(c) On the war field.
(d) By the fortress.

5. Who is the blind prophet in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Teiresius.
(b) The pedagogue.
(c) Cartamus.
(d) Menoeceus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the notable structure seen in the setting of The Bacchae?

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

3. What god does the chorus bemoan in the last half of The Phoenician Women?

4. Who adamantly does NOT worship Dionysus in The Bacchae?

5. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?

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