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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. "The Bacchants": What is Tiresias's job?
(a) Academic.
(b) Prophet.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Priest.

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

5. "Electra": Who tells Electra Aegisthus is successfully murdered?
(a) Her husband.
(b) A messenger.
(c) A servant.
(d) A guard.

6. "Electra": Where is Orestes going to be tried and acquitted?
(a) Athens.
(b) Thessalia.
(c) Syracuse.
(d) Delphi.

7. "Electra": When did Orestes and his friend Pylades flee from Aegisthus?
(a) A few moons ago.
(b) Long ago.
(c) A short time ago.
(d) A season ago.

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

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

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

11. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What are the Greek troops waiting for while sitting in port?
(a) A leader.
(b) A good omen.
(c) Wind.
(d) Low tide.

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

13. "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 children.
(c) Some of her servants.
(d) The women.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Electra": Where does Orestes plans to ambush the king?

2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Apollo want to stop when he told Orestes and Pylades to take the item from the temple?

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

4. "Electra": Electra begins with the speech of a peasant from where?

5. "The Bacchants": How does Pentheus disguise himself to go view the rites on the hill?

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