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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 does Pentheus say are dancing in the countryside?

2. "Trojan Women": What does Cassandra say her death is the working of?

3. "Trojan Women": With which Greek man does Cassandra go?

4. "Trojan Women": What activities are heard during the opening scene?

5. "The Bacchants": In the jail, whom does Pentheus question when the women have escaped?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. "The Bacchants": What does Agave do after killing Pentheus?

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

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What prophecy has Calchas made?

5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": How does Agamemnon convince his daughter and wife to come to his camp?

6. What are the first spoken lines in "Iphigenia at Aulis"?

7. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why does Iphigenia think human sacrifice is practiced in Taurus?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which play is Euripides' best play? His worst? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the role of family in at least three plays.

Essay Topic 3

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

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