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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. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What is Iphigenia doing while pleading with Agamemnon not to sacrifice her?
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 at Aulis": What history does Agamemnon discuss at the beginning of the play?
4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where will Iphigenia take the two men to clean them and help them escape?
5. "The Bacchants": In the jail, whom does Pentheus question when the women have escaped?
Short Essay Questions
1. "Electra": Why does the king ask Orestes to kill the bull?
2. "The Bacchants": After the stranger escapes from jail, what tale does the herdsman tell Pentheus?
3. "Trojan Women": Why is Hecuba upset about Agamemnon taking Cassandra?
4. "Trojan Women": Why is Hecuba enraged about being Odysseus's slave?
5. What are the first spoken lines in "Iphigenia at Aulis"?
6. "Electra": When Electra meets her brother and thinks he is a messenger, what does she tell him?
7. "The Bacchants": Why does Dionysus plot against the Thebans?
8. "Iphigenia at Aulis": How does Agamemnon convince his daughter and wife to come to his camp?
9. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What dream does Iphigenia have at the beginning of the play?
10. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why does Iphigenia think human sacrifice is practiced in Taurus?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the difference between justice and injustice as described in the plays? Cite three examples in support of your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What is the definition of a stranger, as described in the plays? What is the importance of a stranger? What evidence from the plays can you cite in support of your position?
Essay Topic 3
How does Euripides characterize the gods? Support your answer with at least three examples.
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