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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": Who stole Helen?
(a) Hector.
(b) Paris.
(c) Aulis.
(d) Calcas.

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

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

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

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who tells the king of Iphigenia's deceit?
(a) A herdsman.
(b) A messenger.
(c) A merchant.
(d) A sailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Trojan Women": The play begins after the fall of what city?

2. "The Bacchants": What tells the women to burn down the house of Pentheus?

3. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Whom does Agamemnon need to sacrifice?

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

5. "Electra":, Why has Electra's husband not slept with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the first spoken lines in "Iphigenia at Aulis"?

2. "Trojan Women": Why is Hecuba enraged about being Odysseus's slave?

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

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

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

6. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Why does Agamemnon try to tell his daughter not to come to the camp?

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

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

9. "Electra": Why has the peasant not slept with Electra?

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

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