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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Ion": How is Xuthus described?
(a) A stranger.
(b) A barbarian.
(c) A learned man.
(d) A non-Athenian.

2. "Hippolytus": When the scene shifts to Phaedra and her nurse, what condition is Phaedra in?
(a) She is asleep.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She is drunk.
(d) She is happy.

3. "Alcestis": Who is confused by Admetus's behavior towards Heracles?
(a) Heracles and the chorus.
(b) The kingdom.
(c) Heracles and Pheres.
(d) The children.

4. "Andromache": What is Andromache's relationship to Neoptolemos?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Slave.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Wife.

5. "Electra": The king has heard that Thessalians are master butchers of what?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Bulls.
(c) Horses.
(d) Sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Electra": Electra does not recognize her brother and his friend at first. What does she think they are?

2. "Hippolytus": What about her desire is causing Phaedra not to eat?

3. "Ion": At the beginning of the play, what action of Apollo's does Hermes describe?

4. "The Bacchants": Under whose rule did the people not respected the Bacchic rites?

5. "Electra": What does the king want the entrails of the animal for?

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