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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who is the king of Thrace?
(a) Turnus.
(b) Tellacius.
(c) Temas.
(d) Thoas.

3. "Trojan Women": What activities are heard during the opening scene?
(a) Packing and moving.
(b) Death and wailing.
(c) Happiness and laughter.
(d) Joy and victory.

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Who is Helen's Greek husband?
(a) Dyometer.
(b) Tallus.
(c) Orephanus.
(d) Menelaus.

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

6. "Electra": What does Orestes do as his mother comes to Electra's house?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Stands next to Electra.
(d) Hides.

7. "The Bacchants": What is Tiresias's main characteristic?
(a) Deafness.
(b) Shortness.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Baldness.

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

9. "Electra": Who did Orestes and Pylades claim to be when the met the king?
(a) Travelers.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Priests.

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

11. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What do the Taurians perform for their goddess?
(a) Plant sacrifice.
(b) Food sacrifice.
(c) Animal sacrifice.
(d) Human sacrifice.

12. "The Bacchants": What kind of wreaths do the followers of Dionysus wear?
(a) Olive branch.
(b) Twig.
(c) Ivy.
(d) Floral.

13. "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) Gain access to riches.
(b) See her father.
(c) Escape.
(d) Raise her status.

14. "Trojan Women": What does Hecuba bury with her grandson?
(a) Hector's helmet.
(b) Hector's armor.
(c) Hector's sword.
(d) Hector's shield.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who tells Iphigenia that there are two strangers in their land?

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What is the name of Agamemnon's wife?

5. "Trojan Women": The play begins after the fall of what city?

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