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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Trojan Women": With which Greek man does Cassandra go?
(a) Heracles.
(b) Soptoan.
(c) Creon.
(d) Agamemnon.

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": The prophet has said that the lack of wind is the work of what goddess?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Hera.

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

4. "Trojan Women": The Greeks have assembled the Trojan women who were spared death to become what?
(a) Nurses and nannies.
(b) Stable hands.
(c) Slaves and concubines.
(d) Wives.

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

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

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

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

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

10. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What did Agamemnon do that upsets Achilles?
(a) Lied to his daughter.
(b) Promised he would be married.
(c) Used his name without permission.
(d) Took the sacrifice away.

11. "The Bacchants": What is the clothing of followers of Dionysus?
(a) Bearskins.
(b) Cowhides.
(c) Deerskins.
(d) Sheepskins.

12. "Trojan Women": When does the king say he will kill Helen?
(a) He will not kill her.
(b) When they return to Rome.
(c) When they return to Greece.
(d) When they leave Troy.

13. "Trojan Women": How do the Greeks kill Andromache's son?
(a) Stone him.
(b) Throw him from the battlements.
(c) Behead him.
(d) Run him over with horses.

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

15. "Iphigenia at Aulis": How does Iphigenia go to the altar?
(a) Willingly.
(b) Carried.
(c) Bound.
(d) Unhappily.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. "The Bacchants": When Pentheus is told not to blaspheme the gods, what emotion does he feel?

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Whom does Agamemnon need to sacrifice?

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Which goddess does Iphigenia serve?

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