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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. "Medea": What does Jason promise Medea he will provide for her?
(a) A place to go.
(b) Love for his sons.
(c) A father for his sons.
(d) A home and money.

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where does Iphigenia think her brother is when she is going to release one of the men to take a message to him?
(a) Troy.
(b) Garter.
(c) Hellaus.
(d) Argos.

5. "Ion": At the beginning of the play, what action of Apollo's does Hermes describe?
(a) Birth.
(b) Rape.
(c) Playing the lyre.
(d) Waging war.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Bacchants": When Pentheus is told not to blaspheme the gods, what emotion does he feel?

2. "Andromache": Who is the son Peleus had with a goddess?

3. "Medea": What reason does Medea give Creon for staying one more day?

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

5. "Trojan Women": The Greeks have assembled the Trojan women who were spared death to become what?

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