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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 is killed in sacrifice for the Trojan War?
(a) Dioscuri.
(b) Iphegenia.
(c) Hermia.
(d) Eteocles.

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

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

4. Who is the current ruler of Thebes in The Bacchae?
(a) Cadmus.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Creon.
(d) Oedipus.

5. Who did Zeus hide Dionysus from as a child?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Semele.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Hera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of knife does Orestes ask for to butcher the animal?

2. What does Aegisthus throw on the altar when with Orestes?

3. Who appears in the heavens at the end of Electra?

4. Who does Aegisthus beg to protect him and destroy his enemies?

5. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?

(see the answer key)

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