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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. "Trojan Women": What is the name of Andromache's young son?
(a) Synthagarus.
(b) Jastian.
(c) Lourdus.
(d) Astyanax.

2. "Electra": Whom did Electra's mother help to kill?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

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

4. "Trojan Women": Who joins Poseidon and says she has decided to attack the Greeks?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Athena.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Artemis.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. "Electra": When did Orestes and his friend Pylades flee from Aegisthus?

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What is the name of Agamemnon's wife?

5. "Trojan Women": When does the king say he will kill Helen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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