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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 says to the dead Aegisthus that his marriage was godless and filled with evil?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Electra.
(c) The farmer.
(d) Orestes.

2. Electra condemns all men who confuse what with power?
(a) Rage.
(b) Money.
(c) Lust.
(d) Love.

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

4. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus that he and his party are?
(a) Trojans.
(b) Thessalians.
(c) Argives.
(d) Thebians.

5. How does Dionysus appear when he enters?
(a) As a bull.
(b) As a man.
(c) As a god.
(d) As a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has the greater army in the war in The Phoenician Women?

2. What does Aegisthus take to predict the future?

3. When Orestes returns in the end of Electra, what does he offer his sister to do with what she pleases?

4. Who does Creon tell Eteocles has captured an opposing soldier?

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

(see the answer key)

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