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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. "Electra": What does Orestes drop on the king's head when the king is looking at the entrails?
(a) An axe.
(b) A sword.
(c) A board.
(d) A stone.

5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": How does Iphigenia go to the altar?
(a) Carried.
(b) Bound.
(c) Unhappily.
(d) Willingly.

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

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

8. "The Bacchants": Under whose rule did the people not respected the Bacchic rites?
(a) Cadmus.
(b) Creon.
(c) Carterus.
(d) Clevus.

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

10. "Trojan Women": What activities are heard during the opening scene?
(a) Happiness and laughter.
(b) Death and wailing.
(c) Packing and moving.
(d) Joy and victory.

11. "Electra": What does Orestes do as his mother comes to Electra's house?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Stands next to Electra.
(d) Hides.

12. "Trojan Women": What is Poseidon the god of?
(a) The sun.
(b) The sea.
(c) The air.
(d) The moon.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Trojan Women": What does Hecuba bury with her grandson?

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What history does Agamemnon discuss at the beginning of the play?

3. "The Bacchants": What does Pentheus say are dancing in the countryside?

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What rank does Iphigenia hold as a priestess?

5. "Trojan Women": The goddess has decided to attack her former allies, the Greeks, because they have done violence to whom?

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