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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. Instead of Dionysus, what is in the stable that is to be Dionysus' prison?
(a) Lion.
(b) Horse.
(c) Bull.
(d) Tiger.

2. When the wild women scratch at the ground, what appears, in The Bacchae?
(a) Fire.
(b) Water and fire.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Milk and honey.

3. How does Dionysus appear when he enters?
(a) As a bull.
(b) As a man.
(c) As a woman.
(d) As a god.

4. Who retreats when realizing the gods are against him?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Adrastus.
(d) Creon.

5. Who is the blind prophet in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Menoeceus.
(b) Cartamus.
(c) The pedagogue.
(d) Teiresius.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes a sword and stabs herself in the end of The Phoenician Women?

2. Who is exiled at the end of The Phoenician Women?

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

4. Who is the founder of Thebes?

5. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the herdsman's tale of the wild women foretell in The Bacchae?

2. Who is the character of Teiresias? Describe this character.

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

4. What is the central setting of The Bacchae?

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

6. What is Pentheus' fatal flaw? How does this cause his downfall?

7. In Etecleocle's scene with Creon, how does he seal the fate of the play?

8. Why do the Argives retreat in the battle with the Thebians?

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

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

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