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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": When the priest was about to slit Iphigenia's throat, what appeared in her place?
(a) A cow.
(b) A goat.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A fawn.

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

6. "Trojan Women": The play begins after the fall of what city?
(a) Corinth.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Troy.
(d) Athens.

7. "The Bacchants": In the jail, whom does Pentheus question when the women have escaped?
(a) A male stranger.
(b) His father.
(c) The jailer.
(d) The army.

8. "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.

9. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Who spirited Iphigenia away from the sacrifice?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Hera.
(d) Apollo.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Bacchants": What did the women use to rip apart the cattle?

2. "Electra": What does Orestes do as his mother comes to Electra's house?

3. "The Bacchants": What kind of wreaths do the followers of Dionysus wear?

4. "Trojan Women": When does the king say he will kill Helen?

5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Where does Agamemnon put his family when they arrive?

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