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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. Dionysus leads Pentheus away, saying that who will bring him back in her arms?
(a) Athena.
(b) Agave.
(c) Himself.
(d) Ios.

2. How did Orestes attain the mark the servant speaks of?
(a) He was dropped as a child.
(b) Chasing a fawn.
(c) He was shot with an arrow.
(d) He was born with it.

3. Pentheus cannot see the women at the end of The Bacchae, so he wants to climb what?
(a) A hill.
(b) A fence.
(c) A ladder.
(d) A tree.

4. 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) Eteocles.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Creon.
(d) Polyneices.

5. Who tells Laius NOT to father a child?
(a) Oracles.
(b) The Dioscuri.
(c) Teiresius.
(d) Dionysus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to inform Electra of the success of Orestes' deed?

2. Who is exiled at the end of The Phoenician Women?

3. Who does the chorus sing of, that went with Agamemnon to war?

4. Where does The Phoenician Women take place?

5. Who enters with Orestes in his first appearance in Electra?

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