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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. Pentheus has heard of a trickster from where, claiming that Dionysus is a god?
(a) Argos.
(b) Athens.
(c) Troy.
(d) Lydia.

2. To whose daughter is Polyneices married?
(a) Electra.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Adrastus.

3. What god does the chorus bemoan in the last half of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Juno.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Ares.

4. Orestes tells Electra that he's having second thoughts about killing whom?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Iphegenia.

5. Who does Electra NOT want the body to be seen by?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aegisthus take to predict the future?

2. In the Phoenician Women, who does Ares seek revenge against?

3. Who accompanies Creon to see Teiresius?

4. What kind of blade does Orestes use to skin the animal with Aegisthus?

5. How many captains does Creon suggest using to ambush the army?

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