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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 have upon hear head when she first enters the play?
(a) A wig.
(b) A crown.
(c) A water jug.
(d) A tiara.

2. Who invites the messengers into the cottage?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Electra.
(d) The farmer.

3. Who attacks with spears, but is fought off by the Thebian army in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Tydeus.
(c) Cartemus.
(d) Creon.

4. Who does Creon tell Eteocles has captured an opposing soldier?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Argives.
(c) Athenians.
(d) Trojans.

5. Who says to the dead Aegisthus that his marriage was godless and filled with evil?
(a) Electra.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) The farmer.
(d) Orestes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Dionysus done to the women of Thebes?

2. What does Electra chide her husband for after the messenger has appeared?

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

4. Who does Orestes say must be repaid for his kindness?

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

(see the answer key)

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