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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 goes to stop the duel to the death in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Eteocles and Jocasta.
(b) Jocasta calls Antigone.
(c) Creon and Jocasta.
(d) Teiresius.

2. Electra condemns all men who confuse what with power?
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) Rage.
(d) Lust.

3. Who is the new leader of Thebes at the end of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Creon.
(d) Eteocles.

4. What god does the chorus bemoan in the last half of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Juno.
(c) Athena.
(d) Ares.

5. What food and provisions are brought to Electra for her and her guests?
(a) Lamb, onions, and potatoes.
(b) Lamb, olives, and water.
(c) Lamb, flowers, cheese and wine.
(d) Bull, mead and water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Creon to see Teiresius?

2. Who does Eteocles ask Creon to speak to of the coming war?

3. When the wild women scratch at the ground, what appears, in The Bacchae?

4. How does Eteocles suggest they attack the opposing army?

5. What does Electra ask her husband to get for them?

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