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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Bacchants": What do Tiresias and the king want to do at the bacchanal celebration?
(a) Dance.
(b) Watch.
(c) Talk.
(d) Drink.

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis" begins with a speech that has been what?
(a) Translated.
(b) Lost.
(c) Misplaced.
(d) Never performed.

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

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

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Once they are on the ship, what does the sea do?
(a) Swallows the passengers.
(b) Swallows the ship.
(c) Captures Iphigenia.
(d) Kills Orestes.

6. "Electra": Whom did Electra's mother help to kill?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

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

8. "Trojan Women": To what does Cassandra say she will be thrown to after being killed?
(a) The beasts.
(b) The monsters.
(c) The sea.
(d) The gods.

9. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who tells the king of Iphigenia's deceit?
(a) A merchant.
(b) A messenger.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A herdsman.

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

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

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

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

14. "The Bacchants": What is Pentheus's role?
(a) King of Macedonia.
(b) King of Thebes.
(c) King of Sparta.
(d) King of Declean.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What lie does Agamemnon tell in order to get Iphigenia to come to be sacrificed?

2. "Trojan Women": How do the Greeks kill Andromache's son?

3. "The Bacchants": Dionysus's father is Zeus. Whom is his mother?

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

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

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