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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 does Agamemnon give to the servant to take to his family?
(a) His riches.
(b) His robe.
(c) A letter.
(d) Money.

2. "Electra": The king has heard that Thessalians are master butchers of what?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Bulls.
(c) Horses.
(d) Cattle.

3. "Electra": What does Orestes do as his mother comes to Electra's house?
(a) Hides.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Stands next to Electra.
(d) Leaves.

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": When the priest was about to slit Iphigenia's throat, what appeared in her place?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A goat.
(c) A fawn.
(d) A cow.

5. "Electra": What does the king want the entrails of the animal for?
(a) A sign he made a sacrifice.
(b) Decoration.
(c) Eating.
(d) Reading his fortune.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Bacchants": What did the women use to rip apart the cattle?

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

3. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Who spirited Iphigenia away from the sacrifice?

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Whom does Agamemnon need to sacrifice?

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What do the Taurians perform for their goddess?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. "Electra": When Electra meets her brother and thinks he is a messenger, what does she tell him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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