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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bacchae, pages 200-220.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who kills the dragon that Ares has fathered?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Teiresius.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Cadmus.
2. What does Orestes ask the old servant once he is discovered?
(a) Whether Aegisthus is dead.
(b) Whether his fiancee is married.
(c) Whether Agamemnon is alive.
(d) Whether he has any friends left in Argos.
3. Electra condemns all men who are what to their wives?
(a) Abusive.
(b) Loving.
(c) Trusting.
(d) Second.
4. What appears when one of the wild women strikes a rock with a stick in The Bacchae?
(a) A spring of water.
(b) A team of leopards.
(c) A fire.
(d) A tree.
5. Who tells Laius NOT to father a child?
(a) Teiresius.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) The Dioscuri.
(d) Oracles.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the Phoenician Women, who does Ares seek revenge against?
2. How did Orestes attain the mark the servant speaks of?
3. Pentheus cannot see the women at the end of The Bacchae, so he wants to climb what?
4. Who does Electra tell that her husband is alive?
5. What is the scene set before in The Phoenician Women?
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