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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 is the founder of Thebes?
(a) Cadmus.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Semele.

2. When Orestes returns in the end of Electra, what does he offer his sister to do with what she pleases?
(a) Aegisthus' corpse.
(b) The knife he used.
(c) Clytemnestra's corpse.
(d) Pylades' corpse.

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

4. The old servant tells Orestes he must kill Aegisthus, but not where?
(a) By the river.
(b) In the country.
(c) Within the city.
(d) On a grave.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose death does the chorus sing of in the beginning of The Bacchae?

2. Who makes up the chorus in The Bacchae?

3. What does Menoeceus do during the battle in The Phoenician Women?

4. Who is Pentheus' mother?

5. Who does the messenger tell Creon is dead near the end of The Phoenician Women?

(see the answer key)

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