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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": Iphigenia was intended to be a sacrifice but was spirited away to where?
(a) Tarrgot.
(b) Taurus.
(c) Tarturus.
(d) Thessalia.

2. "The Bacchants": Dionysus's father is Zeus. Whom is his mother?
(a) Sara.
(b) Semele.
(c) Saraiah.
(d) Salma.

3. "The Bacchants": What is the clothing of followers of Dionysus?
(a) Deerskins.
(b) Bearskins.
(c) Cowhides.
(d) Sheepskins.

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Where does Agamemnon put his family when they arrive?
(a) On a friend's ship.
(b) In the temple.
(c) At the castle.
(d) In his camp.

5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What did Agamemnon do that upsets Achilles?
(a) Took the sacrifice away.
(b) Lied to his daughter.
(c) Promised he would be married.
(d) Used his name without permission.

Short Answer 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?

2. "The Bacchants": When Pentheus is told not to blaspheme the gods, what emotion does he feel?

3. "The Bacchants": What tells the women to burn down the house of Pentheus?

4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Of what crime does Iphigenia plan to claim the two men are guilty making them unclean?

5. "The Bacchants": What did the women use to get the blood from the cattle off themselves?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Why does Achilles vow to defend Iphigenia?

7. "The Bacchants": Why does Dionysus plot against the Thebans?

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

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

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

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