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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bacchae, pages 200-220.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Oedipus awarded for lifting the torment on Thebes?
(a) A diamond.
(b) Gold.
(c) Noblehood.
(d) The kingdom.

2. In the Phoenician Women, who does Ares seek revenge against?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Cadmus.
(c) Creon.
(d) Oedipus.

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

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

5. Who drops stones from the wall during the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Periclymenus.
(d) Creon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the notable structure seen in the setting of The Bacchae?

2. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?

3. What does Electra have upon hear head when she first enters the play?

4. Who is Clytemnestra's daughter?

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

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