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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 among Taurians": Where does Iphigenia think her brother is when she is going to release one of the men to take a message to him?
(a) Garter.
(b) Troy.
(c) Argos.
(d) Hellaus.

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

3. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What are the Greek troops waiting for while sitting in port?
(a) Wind.
(b) Low tide.
(c) A leader.
(d) A good omen.

4. "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.

5. "The Bacchants": What is Tiresias's job?
(a) Academic.
(b) Prophet.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Apollo want to stop when he told Orestes and Pylades to take the item from the temple?

2. "Trojan Women": Who joins Poseidon and says she has decided to attack the Greeks?

3. "The Bacchants": In the jail, whom does Pentheus question when the women have escaped?

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What reason does Iphigenia give to the king for taking an item out of the temple?

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where will Iphigenia take the two men to clean them and help them escape?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. "Trojan Women": What does Cassandra tell Hecuba after her prediction about Agamemnon?

7. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why does Iphigenia think human sacrifice is practiced in Taurus?

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

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

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

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