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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. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What does Agamemnon give to the servant to take to his family?
(a) His riches.
(b) A letter.
(c) Money.
(d) His robe.

2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Apollo want to stop when he told Orestes and Pylades to take the item from the temple?
(a) The Spartans.
(b) The Riacans.
(c) The Erinyes.
(d) The Descpartians.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Who spirited Iphigenia away from the sacrifice?

2. "The Bacchants": Dionysus's father is Zeus. Whom is his mother?

3. "Trojan Women": Before the Greeks take her to whom is Cassandra is a servant?

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": If Agamemnon calls off the sacrifice, who will do it?

5. "Electra": Aegisthus married Electra to the peasant so she cannot have what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What happens when Iphigenia is sacrificed?

3. "Electra": Why does the king ask Orestes to kill the bull?

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

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

6. "Electra": Why has Aegisthus married Electra to a peasant?

7. "Iphigenia among Taurians": How does Iphigenia get the idol to the ship?

8. "The Bacchants": What does Agave do after killing Pentheus?

9. "Electra": When Electra meets her brother and thinks he is a messenger, what does she tell him?

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

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