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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bacchae, pages 179-200.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is Antigone planned to wed?
(a) Haemon.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) Thesius.
(d) Menoeceus.

2. Who walks around Orestes looking at him in the cottage?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Electra.
(c) The servant.
(d) Jocasta.

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

4. Who kills Laius in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Jocasta.

5. What is reported that the women tore apart with bare hands in The Bacchae?
(a) The cattle.
(b) The trees.
(c) The fortress.
(d) The lambs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dionysus' mother?

2. Who delivers the opening speech of exposition in The Bacchae?

3. Where does Orestes' party find Aegisthus?

4. Orestes tells Electra that he's having second thoughts about killing whom?

5. Who comes to inform Electra of the success of Orestes' deed?

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