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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. "Electra": Electra does not recognize her brother and his friend at first. What does she think they are?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Strangers.

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What is the name of Agamemnon's wife?
(a) Chamomilia.
(b) Carmina.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Clytemnestra.

3. "The Bacchants": In the jail, whom does Pentheus question when the women have escaped?
(a) A male stranger.
(b) His father.
(c) The jailer.
(d) The army.

4. "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) Argos.
(c) Hellaus.
(d) Troy.

5. "Trojan Women": How do the Greeks kill Andromache's son?
(a) Stone him.
(b) Run him over with horses.
(c) Throw him from the battlements.
(d) Behead him.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What did Agamemnon do that upsets Achilles?

2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Iphigenia was intended to be a sacrifice but was spirited away to where?

3. "Electra": Electra begins with the speech of a peasant from where?

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

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": When Iphigenia realizes that one of the captured men is her brother, she devises a plan while helping them fulfill Apollo's orders. What will this plan help her do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. "Trojan Women": What does Hecuba tell Menelaus?

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

5. "The Bacchants": What does Agave do after killing Pentheus?

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

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

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

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

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

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