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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 lie does Agamemnon tell in order to get Iphigenia to come to be sacrificed?
(a) That he needs her as a warrior.
(b) That she is getting married.
(c) That he is sick.
(d) That there is a present for her.

2. "Electra": How is Electra going to lure her mother out to her house?
(a) Claiming to have information.
(b) Claiming to be ill.
(c) Claiming to have a present.
(d) Claiming to have a baby.

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

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

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

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

7. "Electra": What does the king want the entrails of the animal for?
(a) A sign he made a sacrifice.
(b) Reading his fortune.
(c) Decoration.
(d) Eating.

8. "Trojan Women": What is the name of Andromache's young son?
(a) Synthagarus.
(b) Jastian.
(c) Astyanax.
(d) Lourdus.

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

10. "Trojan Women": How do the Greeks kill Andromache's son?
(a) Run him over with horses.
(b) Behead him.
(c) Stone him.
(d) Throw him from the battlements.

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

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

13. "Electra": Who is Orestes' father?
(a) Asthendion.
(b) Aeschilles.
(c) Arestees.
(d) Agamemnon.

14. "The Bacchants": How does Pentheus disguise himself to go view the rites on the hill?
(a) As a shepherd.
(b) As a woman.
(c) As a herdsman.
(d) As a commoner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Electra": Where is Orestes going to be tried and acquitted?

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

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

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Whom does Agamemnon need to sacrifice?

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

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