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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 has Oedipus outwitted in The Phoenician Women?
(a) The Sphinx.
(b) The king.
(c) The Dioscuri.
(d) A dragon.

2. What has Orestes returned to do in Electra?
(a) Take the crown from his brother.
(b) Kill Aegisthus and Clytemnestra.
(c) Marry Electra.
(d) Marry Iphegenia.

3. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Orestes.

4. What does Electra chide her husband for after the messenger has appeared?
(a) Raping her.
(b) Abusing her.
(c) Mistrusting her.
(d) Not feeding her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose servant arrives with food for Electra and her guests?

2. Who does the chorus sing of, that went with Agamemnon to war?

3. What does Menoeceus do during the battle in The Phoenician Women?

4. Orestes fears being tried for what?

5. In the Phoenician Women, who does Ares seek revenge against?

(see the answer key)

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