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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": The goddess has decided to attack her former allies, the Greeks, because they have done violence to whom?

2. "Electra": Whom did Electra's mother help to kill?

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

4. "Electra": Aegisthus married Electra to the peasant so she cannot have what?

5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Which goddess does Iphigenia serve?

Short Essay Questions

1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Why does Agamemnon try to tell his daughter not to come to the camp?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between Greeks and barbarians? Why is this difference important in the plays? Give at least three examples in support of your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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