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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. What does Aegisthus take to predict the future?
(a) A mirror.
(b) Tea leaves.
(c) The bull's innards.
(d) A bowl of water.

2. Whose death does the chorus sing of in the beginning of The Bacchae?
(a) Dionysus'.
(b) Agave's.
(c) Semele's.
(d) Oedipus'.

3. Who does Electra call unfaithful, attractive to women, but a worthless coward underneath his pretty face?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Orestes.

4. Who does Aegisthus beg to protect him and destroy his enemies?
(a) The Nymphs.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Ares.
(d) Dionysus.

5. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus he is going to make a sacrifice for?
(a) Ares.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Hera.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the blind prophet in The Phoenician Women?

2. Who is Antigone's betrothed husband the son of?

3. When Orestes returns, who does Electra praise for his faithful friendship?

4. For what does Aegisthus offer Orestes party water?

5. Who kills the dragon that Ares has fathered?

(see the answer key)

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