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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 the messenger tell Creon is dead near the end of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) All answers are correct.

2. Who walks around Orestes looking at him in the cottage?
(a) Electra.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) The servant.

3. Who does Electra NOT want the body to be seen by?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Pylades.

4. Who does the chorus sing of, that went with Agamemnon to war?
(a) Hera.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Dioscuri.

5. What does Aegisthus throw on the altar when with Orestes?
(a) Wine.
(b) Rice.
(c) Barley.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural disaster does Dionysus call forth in The Bacchae?

2. What has Orestes returned to do in Electra?

3. Who does Electra say was NOT properly buried?

4. What kind of knife does Orestes ask for to butcher the animal?

5. Who does Aegisthus want to kill for fear of revenge?

(see the answer key)

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