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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bacchants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Andromache": What does Orestes plan to do after he kills Neoptolemos?
(a) Marry Hermione.
(b) Make Hermione his slave.
(c) Offer Hermione as a servant to an oracle.
(d) Make Hermione his lover.

2. "Medea": What has Aegeus been consulting with the oracle to discover?
(a) How he can live as a king.
(b) How he can kill Creon.
(c) How he can get to Jason.
(d) How he can get children.

3. "Trojan Women": What happens to the citadel when Hecuba is done burying her grandson?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It collapses.
(c) It goes up in flames.
(d) It stops burning.

4. "Trojan Women": What is the name of Andromache's young son?
(a) Jastian.
(b) Synthagarus.
(c) Lourdus.
(d) Astyanax.

5. "Electra": Who tells Electra Aegisthus is successfully murdered?
(a) A messenger.
(b) A servant.
(c) A guard.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": What does the chorus fear Medea will do unless she is calmed?

2. "Electra": Who is Orestes' father?

3. "Hippolytus": For what reason does Theseus think his wife has killed herself after reading and misunderstanding her note?

4. "Medea": Who is Medea?

5. "Hippolytus": How does Phaedra kill herself?

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