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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Trojan Women": To what does Cassandra say she will be thrown to after being killed?
(a) The beasts.
(b) The gods.
(c) The monsters.
(d) The sea.

2. "Trojan Women": The Greeks have assembled the Trojan women who were spared death to become what?
(a) Wives.
(b) Stable hands.
(c) Nurses and nannies.
(d) Slaves and concubines.

3. "Ion": Who tells Creusa that she will never have a child with Xuthus?
(a) The god.
(b) The chorus.
(c) The oracle.
(d) The priestess.

4. "The Bacchants": Dionysus's father is Zeus. Whom is his mother?
(a) Sara.
(b) Salma.
(c) Semele.
(d) Saraiah.

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who tells Iphigenia that there are two strangers in their land?
(a) Locals.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Priests.
(d) Herdsmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Ion": Whose idea is it to have Ion adopted by Xuthus?

2. "Andromache": Where is Andromache from?

3. "Hippolytus": Hippolytus's father is in exile to pay penance for a crime committed where?

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

5. "Hippolytus": What is Aphrodite goddess of?

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