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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 does Electra's husband chastise her for doing in the beginning of Electra?
(a) Servile tasks.
(b) Beating a cow.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

2. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?
(a) Give up.
(b) Return in a month.
(c) Wage war.
(d) Take the crown.

3. How many children does Oedipus have?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

4. What is the opening scene of Electra?
(a) A tower.
(b) A farm cottage.
(c) A war field.
(d) A castle.

5. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?
(a) Her husband's.
(b) Her son's.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) Her daughter's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dionysus is the god of ____ and fertility.

2. What does Aegisthus take to predict the future?

3. Where has Dionysus been traveling to gather followers?

4. Who does Electra tell her husband the messengers are from?

5. Who is Electra married to?

(see the answer key)

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