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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Apollo want to stop when he told Orestes and Pylades to take the item from the temple?
(a) The Spartans.
(b) The Riacans.
(c) The Erinyes.
(d) The Descpartians.

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What does Agamemnon give to the servant to take to his family?
(a) His robe.
(b) A letter.
(c) Money.
(d) His riches.

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

4. "Electra": How is Electra going to lure her mother out to her house?
(a) Claiming to have a baby.
(b) Claiming to have information.
(c) Claiming to have a present.
(d) Claiming to be ill.

5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What is the name of Agamemnon's wife?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Carmina.
(c) Chamomilia.
(d) Cassandra.

6. "Trojan Women": What does Cassandra say her death is the working of?
(a) Social justice.
(b) Nature.
(c) Fate.
(d) The gods.

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

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

9. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who tells Iphigenia that there are two strangers in their land?
(a) Priests.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Herdsmen.
(d) Locals.

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

11. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Where does Agamemnon put his family when they arrive?
(a) In the temple.
(b) On a friend's ship.
(c) In his camp.
(d) At the castle.

12. "Electra": The king has heard that Thessalians are master butchers of what?
(a) Bulls.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Horses.
(d) Cattle.

13. "The Bacchants": What did the women use to rip apart the cattle?
(a) Their shoes.
(b) Their hands.
(c) Their necklaces.
(d) Swords.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Electra": Orestes asks the Electra's peasant husband to go find someone he remembers. Who is the man?

3. "The Bacchants": Who leads the attack on Pentheus?

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

5. "Trojan Women": The goddess has decided to attack her former allies, the Greeks, because they have done violence to whom?

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