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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 Dionysus' mother?
(a) Hera.
(b) Agave.
(c) Semele.
(d) Artemis.

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

3. Who has been gossiping that Dionysus is NOT the son of Zeus?
(a) Semele's sisters.
(b) Orpheus.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Agave's mother.

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

5. Who does Electra ask to hide the body of Aegisthus?
(a) The farmer.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Pylades.
(d) The chorus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Dionysus been traveling to gather followers?

2. Whose life does the chorus bemoan before the battle in The Phoenician Women?

3. Who does Teiresius say must die to save Thebes?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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