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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Bacchants": Who leads the attack on Pentheus?
(a) Alicia.
(b) Agrippa.
(c) Alluna.
(d) Agave.

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

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

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

5. "The Bacchants": What is the name of the special staff that followers of Dionysus carry?
(a) Staveus.
(b) Thyrsus.
(c) Furrius.
(d) Rhysus.

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

7. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Which goddess appears and prevents the king from killing Iphigenia and Orestes?
(a) Athena.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Hera.
(d) Artemis.

8. "The Bacchants": What did the women use to rip apart the cattle?
(a) Swords.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their hands.
(d) Their necklaces.

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

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

11. "Electra":, Why has Electra's husband not slept with her?
(a) Out of decency and fear of the Fates.
(b) Out of decency and fear of the king.
(c) Out of decency and fear of Electra's brother.
(d) Out of decency and fear of the gods.

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

13. "Electra": Electra begins with the speech of a peasant from where?
(a) Tarturus.
(b) Damascus.
(c) Helios.
(d) Mycenae.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Iphigenia was intended to be a sacrifice but was spirited away to where?

2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where will Iphigenia take the two men to clean them and help them escape?

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

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What do the Taurians perform for their goddess?

5. "The Bacchants": What is the clothing of followers of Dionysus?

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