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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 appears in the heavens at the end of Electra?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) The Dioscuri.

2. The chorus in The Phoenician Women is waiting to be sent where?
(a) Loxias' oracle.
(b) Teiresius' oracle.
(c) Dionysus' shrine.
(d) Apollo's shrine.

3. Who is killed in sacrifice for the Trojan War?
(a) Dioscuri.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Iphegenia.
(d) Hermia.

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

5. What goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?
(a) Hera.
(b) Semele.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Artemis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes a sword and stabs herself in the end of The Phoenician Women?

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

3. Who does Zeus strike down from the gate with lightning in the battle of The Phoenician Women?

4. Who kills Laius in The Phoenician Women?

5. Who is Dionysus' mother?

(see the answer key)

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