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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Dionysus' mother?
(a) Hera.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Agave.
(d) Semele.

2. Who kills the dragon that Ares has fathered?
(a) Teiresius.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Oedipus.

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

4. Who does Zeus strike down from the gate with lightning in the battle of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Creon.
(b) Capaneus.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Polyneices.

5. Dionysus offers to lead Pentheus where?
(a) To the women.
(b) To the villagers.
(c) To the heavens.
(d) To the gates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What god does the chorus bemoan in the last half of The Phoenician Women?

2. Dionysus says that Pentheus must dress how to avoid being killed by the celebrants?

3. How many gates surround Thebes?

4. How many captains does Creon suggest using to ambush the army?

5. Who attacks with spears, but is fought off by the Thebian army in The Phoenician Women?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pentheus react to Dionysus' miracles?

2. Who commits the most noble act in The Phoenician Women?

3. How does Creon fight against the fate of the gods?

4. What natural occurrences does Dionysus bring upon Thebes? How does he use this to affect Pentheus?

5. Which way do the gods lean in the battle between Thebes and the Argives? Why?

6. What is the last straw which unleashes Dionysus' wrath on Pentheus?

7. Who is the ruler of Thebes in The Bacchae? Describe him.

8. What does Eteocles initially tell Creon in their meeting?

9. Who is the superior military strategist between Eteocles and Creon? Why?

10. In the case of his death, what does Eteocles ask of Creon?

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