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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. "The Bacchants": What is Tiresias's main characteristic?

2. "The Bacchants": What did the women use to rip apart the cattle?

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

4. "Trojan Women": Who joins Poseidon and says she has decided to attack the Greeks?

5. "Electra": Orestes asks the Electra's peasant husband to go find someone he remembers. Who is the man?

Short Essay Questions

1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Why does Achilles vow to defend Iphigenia?

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What happens when Iphigenia is sacrificed?

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

4. "The Bacchants": What do Cadmus and Tiresias discuss on their way to the bacchanal celebration?

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

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

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

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

9. "Trojan Women": Why is Hecuba upset about Agamemnon taking Cassandra?

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

Does Euripides believe roles in society are established by convention or by nature? What are three examples from plays that support your answer?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Euripides mix tragedy and comedy in his plays? Support your answer with evidence from the plays.

Essay Topic 3

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

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