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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 becomes Clytemnestra's lover?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Pentheus.

2. Who does Aegisthus beg to protect him and destroy his enemies?
(a) Ares.
(b) The Nymphs.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Dionysus.

3. Who kills the dragon that Ares has fathered?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Cadmus.
(c) Teiresius.
(d) Oedipus.

4. Dionysus says that Pentheus must dress how to avoid being killed by the celebrants?
(a) As a woman.
(b) As Zeus.
(c) As Dionysus.
(d) As a shepherd.

5. What does Electra chide her husband for after the messenger has appeared?
(a) Mistrusting her.
(b) Raping her.
(c) Abusing her.
(d) Not feeding her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Electra send her husband to go find when the strangers enter the cottage?

2. In what city-state is The Bacchae set?

3. Who has been gossiping that Dionysus is NOT the son of Zeus?

4. To whose daughter is Polyneices married?

5. Who appears in the heavens at the end of Electra?

(see the answer key)

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