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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. Orestes tells Electra that he's having second thoughts about killing whom?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Iphegenia.
(d) Agamemnon.

2. What kind of blade does Orestes use to skin the animal with Aegisthus?
(a) Curmean.
(b) Artemen.
(c) Dorian.
(d) Trojan.

3. What does Laius do with his son?
(a) Abandons him to die.
(b) Sells him to a farmer.
(c) Kills him.
(d) Buries him alive.

4. Pentheus has heard of a trickster from where, claiming that Dionysus is a god?
(a) Lydia.
(b) Athens.
(c) Argos.
(d) Troy.

5. Who has a plan for how to kill Clytemnestra?
(a) Electra.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) The old servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to tell Pentheus of the women performing miracles on the mountain?

2. Who takes a sword and stabs herself in the end of The Phoenician Women?

3. What is Electra doing when Orestes first sees her?

4. Who kills Agamemnon?

5. What does Dionysus strike down with lightning?

(see the answer key)

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