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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bacchae, pages 179-200.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Pentheus.

2. Who retreats when realizing the gods are against him?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Adrastus.
(c) Creon.
(d) Polyneices.

3. Who is Agamemnon's son?
(a) Dioscuri.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Oedipus.

4. What is Aegisthus preparing to offer the goddess Nymphs in Electra?
(a) A slaughtered lamb.
(b) A slaughtered virgin.
(c) A slaughtered dragon.
(d) A slaughtered bull.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Dionysus the greatest god, after hearing of the wild women in The Bacchae?

2. Who adamantly does NOT worship Dionysus in The Bacchae?

3. Who is now preparing for a battle to the death, according to the messenger after the battle in The Phoenician Women?

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

5. Who invites the messengers into the cottage?

(see the answer key)

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