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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Who does Agamemnon claim will rise up against him if he does not sacrifice Iphigenia?
(a) The Fates.
(b) The Spartans.
(c) The gods.
(d) The Greeks.

2. "Trojan Women": What happens to the citadel when Hecuba is done burying her grandson?
(a) It collapses.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It goes up in flames.
(d) It stops burning.

3. "Trojan Women": The play begins after the fall of what city?
(a) Troy.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Athens.
(d) Sparta.

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

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where will Iphigenia take the two men to clean them and help them escape?
(a) The river.
(b) The lake.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The ocean.

6. "Iphigenia at Aulis": If Agamemnon calls off the sacrifice, who will do it?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Creon.
(d) Achilles.

7. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What does Iphigenia feel as she prepares to perform the sacrifice?
(a) No pain.
(b) No loss.
(c) No sadness.
(d) No pleasure.

8. "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 Electra's brother.
(c) Out of decency and fear of the gods.
(d) Out of decency and fear of the Fates.

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

10. "Trojan Women": To whom is Helen married?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Jason.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Menelaus.

11. "Electra": Aegisthus married Electra to the peasant so she cannot have what?
(a) His throne.
(b) Noble children.
(c) Riches.
(d) A good life.

12. "Electra": Who is Orestes' father?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Arestees.
(c) Asthendion.
(d) Aeschilles.

13. "Electra": Electra does not recognize her brother and his friend at first. What does she think they are?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Strangers.

14. "The Bacchants": Dionysus's father is Zeus. Whom is his mother?
(a) Saraiah.
(b) Salma.
(c) Sara.
(d) Semele.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": In Iphigenia's dream, what do Orestes and Pylades try to take from the temple?

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Where does Agamemnon put his family when they arrive?

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

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What reason does Iphigenia give to the king for taking an item out of the temple?

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

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