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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. How does Eteocles suggest they attack the opposing army?
(a) At dawn.
(b) At noon.
(c) At dusk.
(d) At night.

2. When Orestes returns, who does Electra praise for his faithful friendship?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) The farmer.
(d) Aegisthus.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aegisthus take to predict the future?

2. Who did Zeus hide Dionysus from as a child?

3. Who is killed in sacrifice for the Trojan War?

4. For what does Aegisthus offer Orestes party water?

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

(see the answer key)

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