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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. Whose death does the chorus sing of in the beginning of The Bacchae?
(a) Semele's.
(b) Dionysus'.
(c) Oedipus'.
(d) Agave's.

2. What does the chorus inform Electra of in the beginning of Electra?
(a) A funeral.
(b) An upcoming feast day.
(c) Her brother's arrival.
(d) A wedding.

3. Who delivers the opening speech of exposition in The Bacchae?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Agave.
(c) Semele.
(d) The chorus.

4. Who does Dionysus say will be exiled at the end of The Bacchae?
(a) Pentheus.
(b) Teiresius.
(c) Agave and her sisters.
(d) Cadmus.

5. The herders try to ambush who to bring her back to Pentheus?
(a) Ios.
(b) Autone.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Agave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says our daily food is a small matter in Electra?

2. Who objects that their punishment is too cruel to Dionysus at the end of The Bacchae?

3. Who has the greater army in the war in The Phoenician Women?

4. Dionysus is the god of ____ and fertility.

5. Who enters with Pentheus' dead body in the end of The Bacchae?

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