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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. What kind of knife does Orestes ask for to butcher the animal?
(a) Arteman.
(b) Phthian.
(c) Andrean.
(d) Dorian.

2. How does Dionysus appear when he enters?
(a) As a bull.
(b) As a woman.
(c) As a god.
(d) As a man.

3. Who enters with Orestes in his first appearance in Electra?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Jocasta.

4. When Orestes returns, who does Electra praise for his faithful friendship?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) The farmer.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Aegisthus.

5. Who comes to tell Pentheus of the women performing miracles on the mountain?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Teiresius.
(c) A herdsman.
(d) Agave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the chorus sing of, that went with Agamemnon to war?

2. Who is the wife of Laius?

3. Who is Pentheus' mother?

4. What appears when one of the wild women of the Bacchae strikes the ground?

5. Where has Dionysus been traveling to gather followers?

(see the answer key)

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