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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 does Electra have upon hear head when she first enters the play?
(a) A wig.
(b) A water jug.
(c) A tiara.
(d) A crown.

2. Who does Eteocles ask Creon to speak to of the coming war?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Teiresius.
(c) Menoeceus.
(d) Zeus.

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

4. How does Eteocles suggest they attack the opposing army?
(a) At dawn.
(b) At dusk.
(c) At noon.
(d) At night.

5. Who drops stones from the wall during the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Periclymenus.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) Creon.
(d) Eteocles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the new leader of Thebes at the end of The Phoenician Women?

2. Dionysus offers to lead Pentheus where?

3. Who locks Oedipus in the palace in shame?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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