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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Bacchants": Dionysus's father is Zeus. Whom is his mother?
(a) Salma.
(b) Sara.
(c) Saraiah.
(d) Semele.

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

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

4. "Trojan Women": When does the king say he will kill Helen?
(a) When they leave Troy.
(b) When they return to Greece.
(c) When they return to Rome.
(d) He will not kill her.

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

6. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Who does Agamemnon claim will rise up against him if he does not sacrifice Iphigenia?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Fates.
(c) The gods.
(d) The Spartans.

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

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

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

10. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What is Iphigenia doing while pleading with Agamemnon not to sacrifice her?
(a) Praying.
(b) She is not pleading.
(c) Weeping.
(d) Kneeling.

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

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

13. "Electra": Aegisthus married Electra to the peasant so she cannot have what?
(a) Riches.
(b) Noble children.
(c) His throne.
(d) A good life.

14. "The Bacchants": Who has not respected his Bacchic rites?
(a) The Thebans.
(b) The Corinthians.
(c) The Athenians.
(d) The Dorians.

15. "The Bacchants": When Pentheus is told not to blaspheme the gods, what emotion does he feel?
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Bacchants": Who leads the attack on Pentheus?

2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who is the king of Thrace?

3. "Electra": How is Electra going to lure her mother out to her house?

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

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where does Iphigenia think her brother is when she is going to release one of the men to take a message to him?

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