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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": Before the Greeks take her to whom is Cassandra is a servant?
2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": When Iphigenia realizes that one of the captured men is her brother, she devises a plan while helping them fulfill Apollo's orders. What will this plan help her do?
3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who is the king of Thrace?
4. "Trojan Women": With which Greek man does Hecuba go?
5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where will Iphigenia take the two men to clean them and help them escape?
Short Essay Questions
1. "The Bacchants": Why does Dionysus plot against the Thebans?
2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What dream does Iphigenia have at the beginning of the play?
3. What are the first spoken lines in "Iphigenia at Aulis"?
4. "Electra": What do Castor and Pollux tell Orestes and Electra?
5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": How does Iphigenia get the idol to the ship?
6. "Electra": When Electra meets her brother and thinks he is a messenger, what does she tell him?
7. "The Bacchants": What do Cadmus and Tiresias discuss on their way to the bacchanal celebration?
8. "Trojan Women": What does Cassandra predict as the fate of Agamemnon?
9. "Electra": What is the plan the tutor and Orestes make to kill Aegisthus?
10. "Trojan Women": What does Cassandra tell Hecuba after her prediction about Agamemnon?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is a chorus? How does Euripides use the chorus? Cite as many examples from the plays as you can in support of your position.
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
Compare and contrast the role of family in at least three plays.
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