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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "The Bacchants": When Pentheus is told not to blaspheme the gods, what emotion does he feel?

3. "The Bacchants": What is Tiresias's job?

4. "Trojan Women": What is Poseidon the god of?

5. "Trojan Women": With which Greek man does Cassandra go?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who is Iphigenia?

4. "Trojan Women": What does Cassandra predict as the fate of Agamemnon?

5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": How does Agamemnon convince his daughter and wife to come to his camp?

6. "Trojan Women": Why is Hecuba upset about Agamemnon taking Cassandra?

7. "Trojan Women": Why has Athena decided to attack her former allies?

8. "Electra": What do Castor and Pollux tell Orestes and Electra?

9. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What prophecy has Calchas made?

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

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