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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. Who does the messenger tell Creon is dead near the end of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Jocasta.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Polyneices.

2. In The Bacchae, the chorus sings that ______ men are punished by the gods.
(a) Lustful.
(b) Vile.
(c) Prideful.
(d) Dangerous.

3. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?
(a) Trojan women.
(b) Thebian peasant women.
(c) Argive peasant women.
(d) Phoenician women.

4. Who slips on a stone, and his leg is exposed during the duel?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Creon.
(c) Teiresius.
(d) Polyneices.

5. What has Dionysus done to the women of Thebes?
(a) Killed them.
(b) Sent them to Troy.
(c) Seduced them.
(d) Turned them mad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who recognizes Orestes in the cottage?

3. The old servant tells Orestes he must kill Aegisthus, but not where?

4. What goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?

5. Who tells Laius NOT to father a child?

(see the answer key)

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