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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 lie does Agamemnon tell in order to get Iphigenia to come to be sacrificed?
(a) That there is a present for her.
(b) That he is sick.
(c) That she is getting married.
(d) That he needs her as a warrior.

2. "Electra": Who tells Electra Aegisthus is successfully murdered?
(a) A servant.
(b) A guard.
(c) Her husband.
(d) A messenger.

3. "Electra": Who tells Orestes and Electra what the future has in store for them?
(a) Callun and Pyres.
(b) The oracle.
(c) The gods.
(d) Castor and Pollux.

4. "Trojan Women": The Greeks have assembled the Trojan women who were spared death to become what?
(a) Slaves and concubines.
(b) Nurses and nannies.
(c) Wives.
(d) Stable hands.

5. "Trojan Women": What activities are heard during the opening scene?
(a) Joy and victory.
(b) Packing and moving.
(c) Happiness and laughter.
(d) Death and wailing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Trojan Women": What happens to the citadel when Hecuba is done burying her grandson?

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

4. "Trojan Women": What is the name of Andromache's young son?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. "The Bacchants": What do Cadmus and Tiresias discuss on their way to the bacchanal celebration?

9. "Trojan Women": Why is Hecuba upset about Agamemnon taking Cassandra?

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

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