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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 does Hecuba bury with her grandson?
(a) Hector's armor.
(b) Hector's helmet.
(c) Hector's sword.
(d) Hector's shield.

2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What reason does Iphigenia give to the king for taking an item out of the temple?
(a) To worship with it.
(b) To cleanse it.
(c) To shine it.
(d) For secret rites.

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

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": In Iphigenia's dream, what do Orestes and Pylades try to take from the temple?
(a) The sacrifices.
(b) The idol.
(c) The gifts.
(d) The priestesses.

5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Whom does Agamemnon need to sacrifice?
(a) His sister.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Trojan Women": What activities are heard during the opening scene?

3. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Who is Helen's Greek husband?

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

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What rank does Iphigenia hold as a priestess?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. "The Bacchants": Why has Pentheus jailed several of the bacchants?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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