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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. In what city-state is The Bacchae set?
(a) Troy.
(b) Athens.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Argos.

2. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?
(a) Her daughter's.
(b) Her son's.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) Her husband's.

3. Who does Orestes pretend to be when he meets his sister?
(a) A beggar.
(b) A king.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A messenger.

4. Who recognizes Orestes in the cottage?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Agamemnon's servant.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Electra.

5. Who is the founder of Thebes?
(a) Semele.
(b) Cadmus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Pentheus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who makes up the chorus in The Bacchae?

3. Who does the messenger tell Creon is dead near the end of The Phoenician Women?

4. Who is exiled at the end of The Phoenician Women?

5. What is Aegisthus preparing to offer the goddess Nymphs in Electra?

(see the answer key)

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