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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Electra": Where does Orestes plans to ambush the king?
(a) Outside the temple.
(b) At the stables.
(c) Outside his palace.
(d) Outside the city.

2. "Electra": Orestes asks the Electra's peasant husband to go find someone he remembers. Who is the man?
(a) His old manservant.
(b) His old retainer.
(c) His old bodyguard.
(d) His old tutor.

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

4. "The Bacchants": What did the women use to get the blood from the cattle off themselves?
(a) Herbs.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) Water.
(d) Wine.

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What does Iphigenia feel as she prepares to perform the sacrifice?
(a) No sadness.
(b) No pain.
(c) No loss.
(d) No pleasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What are the Greek troops waiting for while sitting in port?

2. "Trojan Women": What does Cassandra say her death is the working of?

3. "Electra": Who tells Electra Aegisthus is successfully murdered?

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": The prophet has said that the lack of wind is the work of what goddess?

5. "Electra": Who did Orestes and Pylades claim to be when the met the king?

Short Essay Questions

1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why do the men capture Pylades and Orestes?

2. "Trojan Women": What does Hecuba tell Menelaus?

3. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Why does Achilles vow to defend Iphigenia?

4. "The Bacchants": Why does Dionysus plot against the Thebans?

5. "Electra": What is the plan the tutor and Orestes make to kill Aegisthus?

6. "The Bacchants": After the stranger escapes from jail, what tale does the herdsman tell Pentheus?

7. "The Bacchants": What do Cadmus and Tiresias discuss on their way to the bacchanal celebration?

8. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What dream does Iphigenia have at the beginning of the play?

9. "The Bacchants": What does the stranger convince Pentheus to do after he hears the tale from the herdsman?

10. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why are Orestes and Pylades in Taurus?

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