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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 does Electra tell that her husband is alive?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Orestes.

2. Who becomes Clytemnestra's lover?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Agamemnon.

3. Who welcomes Dionysus after he escapes the stable?
(a) Agave.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Medusa.
(d) Coryphaeus.

4. What does Electra chide her husband for after the messenger has appeared?
(a) Abusing her.
(b) Not feeding her.
(c) Raping her.
(d) Mistrusting her.

5. What is the setting for the opening of The Bacchae?
(a) A farm house.
(b) Apollo's shrine.
(c) A Dionysian altar.
(d) A palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. The herders try to ambush who to bring her back to Pentheus?

2. Where does Orestes' party find Aegisthus?

3. What has Orestes returned to do in Electra?

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

5. Who married Electra to her current husband?

(see the answer key)

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