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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bacchae, pages 155-179.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Teiresius say must die to save Thebes?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Menoeceus.
(c) Hermeos.
(d) Creon.

2. In the Phoenician Women, who does Ares seek revenge against?
(a) Cadmus.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Creon.

3. Orestes fears being tried for what?
(a) Theft.
(b) Patricide.
(c) Murder.
(d) Matricide.

4. Who kills the dragon that Ares has fathered?
(a) Teiresius.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Cadmus.

5. Who is the founder of Thebes?
(a) Pentheus.
(b) Semele.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Dionysus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Agamemnon brought back as a concubine from the war?

2. What has Dionysus done to the women of Thebes?

3. Who is Pentheus' mother?

4. Who does Electra ask to hide the body of Aegisthus?

5. Who says to the dead Aegisthus that his marriage was godless and filled with evil?

(see the answer key)

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