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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. "Electra": Where is Orestes going to be tried and acquitted?

2. "The Bacchants": Who has not respected his Bacchic rites?

3. "Electra": Who tells Orestes and Electra what the future has in store for them?

4. "Electra": Who is Orestes' father?

5. "Electra": What does Orestes do as his mother comes to Electra's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. "The Bacchants": What does the stranger convince Pentheus to do after he hears the tale from the herdsman?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What do the Ancient Greeks think of the role of women? What are at least three examples that support your conclusions?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

In "The Trojan Women", how does Euripides cast his emotions into the play? Provide three examples.

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