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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 Orestes tell Aegisthus he is going to make a sacrifice for?
(a) Hera.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Ares.
(d) Zeus.

2. In The Bacchae, the chorus sings that ______ men are punished by the gods.
(a) Vile.
(b) Prideful.
(c) Lustful.
(d) Dangerous.

3. How many gates surround Thebes?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Ten.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Electra condemns all men who confuse what with power?

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

3. What has Dionysus done to the women of Thebes?

4. Who is Cadmus' grandson?

5. Who is Electra married to?

(see the answer key)

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