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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": Who has not respected his Bacchic rites?
(a) The Thebans.
(b) The Corinthians.
(c) The Dorians.
(d) The Athenians.

2. "Andromache": Whom does Andromache send to fetch Peleus?
(a) The priestess.
(b) Her handmaiden.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) The shepherd.

3. "Trojan Women": The goddess has decided to attack her former allies, the Greeks, because they have done violence to whom?
(a) Some of her children.
(b) The women.
(c) Some of her servants.
(d) Her sisters.

4. "Ion": What condition do Xuthus and Creusa travel to the oracle to cure?
(a) Madness.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Infertility.

5. "Ion": What does Xuthus do before seeing the oracle?
(a) Sing a song.
(b) Pay money.
(c) Dance.
(d) Make a sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Trojan Women": To what does Cassandra say she will be thrown to after being killed?

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What does Agamemnon give to the servant to take to his family?

3. "Ion": Who tells Creusa that she will never have a child with Xuthus?

4. "Trojan Women": What activities are heard during the opening scene?

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Apollo want to stop when he told Orestes and Pylades to take the item from the temple?

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