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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. What kind of blade does Orestes use to skin the animal with Aegisthus?
(a) Dorian.
(b) Curmean.
(c) Artemen.
(d) Trojan.

2. How many captains does Creon suggest using to ambush the army?
(a) Seven.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

3. Who did Zeus hide Dionysus from as a child?
(a) Hera.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Semele.

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

5. Who enters with Orestes in his first appearance in Electra?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) Aegisthus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of knife does Orestes ask for to butcher the animal?

2. What is the scene set before in The Phoenician Women?

3. What does Laius do with his son?

4. After the battle in The Phoenician Women, who enters, crying for his son's death?

5. What does Electra chide her husband for after the messenger has appeared?

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