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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Iphigenia at Aulis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Bacchants": What tells the women to burn down the house of Pentheus?
(a) A moonbeam.
(b) A nymph.
(c) A lightning bolt.
(d) A thunderbolt.

2. "Ion": What does Creusa put with the baby boy?
(a) Some gold.
(b) Some jewelry.
(c) A letter.
(d) Some of her possessions.

3. "Trojan Women": With which Greek man does Hecuba go?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Tartus.
(d) Jason.

4. "The Bacchants": What is Tiresias's main characteristic?
(a) Deafness.
(b) Blindness.
(c) Shortness.
(d) Baldness.

5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Whom does Agamemnon need to sacrifice?
(a) His sister.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Medea": Who tells Medea that she and her two sons are to be exiled immediately?

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What did Agamemnon do that upsets Achilles?

3. "Medea": Who is Medea?

4. "The Bacchants": In the jail, whom does Pentheus question when the women have escaped?

5. "The Bacchants": What is the clothing of followers of Dionysus?

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