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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. When Orestes returns, who does Electra praise for his faithful friendship?
(a) The farmer.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Agamemnon.

2. What has Dionysus done to the women of Thebes?
(a) Sent them to Troy.
(b) Turned them mad.
(c) Seduced them.
(d) Killed them.

3. Who comes to inform Electra of the success of Orestes' deed?
(a) Agamemnon's servant.
(b) Agamemon.
(c) Orestes' servant.
(d) Clytemnestra.

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

5. Who adamantly does NOT worship Dionysus in The Bacchae?
(a) Semele.
(b) Ino.
(c) Agave.
(d) Pentheus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pentheus has heard of a trickster from where, claiming that Dionysus is a god?

2. For what does Aegisthus offer Orestes party water?

3. Who does Electra call unfaithful, attractive to women, but a worthless coward underneath his pretty face?

4. How does Eteocles suggest they attack the opposing army?

5. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus that he and his party are?

(see the answer key)

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