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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 among Taurians": Which goddess does Iphigenia serve?
2. "Trojan Women": What happens to the citadel when Hecuba is done burying her grandson?
3. "The Bacchants": What is the clothing of followers of Dionysus?
4. "Electra": Who tells Orestes and Electra what the future has in store for them?
5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Apollo want to stop when he told Orestes and Pylades to take the item from the temple?
Short Essay Questions
1. "The Bacchants": What does Agave do after killing Pentheus?
2. "Electra": When Electra meets her brother and thinks he is a messenger, what does she tell him?
3. "Electra": Why has the peasant not slept with Electra?
4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": How does Agamemnon convince his daughter and wife to come to his camp?
5. "Electra": What do Castor and Pollux tell Orestes and Electra?
6. What are the first spoken lines in "Iphigenia at Aulis"?
7. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What happens when Iphigenia is sacrificed?
8. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why do the men capture Pylades and Orestes?
9. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What dream does Iphigenia have at the beginning of the play?
10. "Trojan Women": Why has Athena decided to attack her former allies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
According to the information presented in the plays by Euripides, what is the difference between Sparta and Athens? Which does Euripides like better and how do you know this from reading the plays?
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