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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": How is Electra going to lure her mother out to her house?

2. "Electra": What does the king want the entrails of the animal for?

3. "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?

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What is Iphigenia doing while pleading with Agamemnon not to sacrifice her?

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where will Iphigenia take the two men to clean them and help them escape?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. "Electra": What is the plan the tutor and Orestes make to kill Aegisthus?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which play is Euripides' best play? His worst? Why?

Essay Topic 2

How does Euripides characterize the gods? Support your answer with at least three examples.

Essay Topic 3

How do the emotions of anger, greed, and resentment motivate the characters in Euripides' plays? Give at least two examples of each emotion as motivation from different plays.

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