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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "The Bacchants": What does Pentheus say are dancing in the countryside?

3. "Electra": When did Orestes and his friend Pylades flee from Aegisthus?

4. "Trojan Women": When does the king say he will kill Helen?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. "Trojan Women": Why has Athena decided to attack her former allies?

3. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What happens when Iphigenia is sacrificed?

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

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

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

7. "Trojan Women": What does Cassandra tell Hecuba after her prediction about Agamemnon?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the role of family in at least three plays.

Essay Topic 2

Based on the plays, do the Ancient Greeks think they can defy the gods or do the Gods rule them? Give at least three examples in support of your position.

Essay Topic 3

What are three types of irony and how does Euripides use them in his plays? Give at least one example for each type of irony.

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