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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": In Iphigenia's dream, what do Orestes and Pylades try to take from the temple?
(a) The idol.
(b) The sacrifices.
(c) The priestesses.
(d) The gifts.

2. "Trojan Women": What is the name of Andromache's young son?
(a) Synthagarus.
(b) Jastian.
(c) Lourdus.
(d) Astyanax.

3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Iphigenia's father tell her she was going to marry?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Ajax.

4. "The Bacchants": What does Pentheus say are dancing in the countryside?
(a) Egyptians.
(b) Syrians.
(c) Maenads.
(d) Strangers.

5. "The Bacchants": When Pentheus is told not to blaspheme the gods, what emotion does he feel?
(a) Peace.
(b) Rebellion.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Anger.

6. "The Bacchants": Under whose rule did the people not respected the Bacchic rites?
(a) Creon.
(b) Clevus.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Carterus.

7. "Trojan Women": Hecuba laments the death of whom?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her goddess.
(d) Her country.

8. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Iphigenia was intended to be a sacrifice but was spirited away to where?
(a) Tarrgot.
(b) Thessalia.
(c) Tarturus.
(d) Taurus.

9. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Of what crime does Iphigenia plan to claim the two men are guilty making them unclean?
(a) Homicide.
(b) Fratricide.
(c) Matricide.
(d) Patricide.

10. "Trojan Women": What is Poseidon the god of?
(a) The air.
(b) The sea.
(c) The moon.
(d) The sun.

11. "Iphigenia among Taurians": When Iphigenia realizes that one of the captured men is her brother, she devises a plan while helping them fulfill Apollo's orders. What will this plan help her do?
(a) See her father.
(b) Escape.
(c) Raise her status.
(d) Gain access to riches.

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

13. "Electra":, Why has Electra's husband not slept with her?
(a) Out of decency and fear of the king.
(b) Out of decency and fear of the Fates.
(c) Out of decency and fear of the gods.
(d) Out of decency and fear of Electra's brother.

14. "Trojan Women": Before the Greeks take her to whom is Cassandra is a servant?
(a) The king.
(b) The fates.
(c) The gods.
(d) The queen.

15. "Electra": What does the king want the entrails of the animal for?
(a) Decoration.
(b) Eating.
(c) Reading his fortune.
(d) A sign he made a sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "The Bacchants": What is Tiresias's main characteristic?

3. "The Bacchants": What is Tiresias's job?

4. "The Bacchants": What is Pentheus's role?

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What rank does Iphigenia hold as a priestess?

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