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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 is Clytemnestra's daughter?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Dioscuri.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Electra.

2. Who does Eteocles pray to for victory in the duel?
(a) Pallas.
(b) Hera.
(c) Ares.
(d) Zeus.

3. Who does Electra say would recognize her brother if he saw him?
(a) Iphegenia.
(b) Her father's servant.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

4. Who is Antigone's betrothed husband the son of?
(a) The pedagogue.
(b) Menoeceus.
(c) Creon.
(d) Oedipus.

5. Who tells Laius NOT to father a child?
(a) Teiresius.
(b) The Dioscuri.
(c) Oracles.
(d) Dionysus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Agamemnon brought back as a concubine from the war?

2. What appears when one of the wild women of the Bacchae strikes the ground?

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

4. Who locks Oedipus in the palace in shame?

5. Polyneices, with his last breath, begs for what?

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