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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. Who does the chorus sing of, that went with Agamemnon to war?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Hera.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Dioscuri.

2. Who helps collect the body of Pentheus in The Bacchae?
(a) Agave.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Teiresius.
(d) Autonis.

3. Who does Electra tell that her husband is alive?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Clytemnestra.

4. Who does Electra say was NOT properly buried?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Iphegenia.

5. Who takes the first year of rule over Thebes, but will not give up the throne when it comes time for his brother to take over?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Creon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the chorus sing about that would right the wrongs being slain in Electra?

2. Who is now preparing for a battle to the death, according to the messenger after the battle in The Phoenician Women?

3. What does Dionysus say that Cadmus and his wife will eventually destroy?

4. Where has Dionysus been traveling to gather followers?

5. What is the name of Cadmus' wife?

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