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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whose daughter is Polyneices married?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Adrastus.
(d) Electra.

3. Whose army is chased away at the end of the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Thebian.
(b) Hellenian.
(c) Trojan.
(d) Argive.

4. Who is Pentheus' mother?
(a) Semele.
(b) Ino.
(c) Agave.
(d) Autonoe.

5. Dionysus offers to lead Pentheus where?
(a) To the gates.
(b) To the heavens.
(c) To the villagers.
(d) To the women.

6. Who adamantly does NOT worship Dionysus in The Bacchae?
(a) Semele.
(b) Agave.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Ino.

7. Dionysus is the god of ____ and fertility.
(a) Evil.
(b) Wine.
(c) Lightning.
(d) War.

8. Pentheus has heard of a trickster from where, claiming that Dionysus is a god?
(a) Argos.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Troy.
(d) Athens.

9. Who calls Dionysus the greatest god, after hearing of the wild women in The Bacchae?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Agave.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Corphaeus.

10. In The Bacchae, the chorus sings that ______ men are punished by the gods.
(a) Prideful.
(b) Vile.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Lustful.

11. What is the setting for the opening of The Bacchae?
(a) A Dionysian altar.
(b) A palace.
(c) Apollo's shrine.
(d) A farm house.

12. What is the notable structure seen in the setting of The Bacchae?
(a) Dionysus' altar.
(b) A statue.
(c) A smoking tomb.
(d) Apollo's altar.

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

14. Who retreats when realizing the gods are against him?
(a) Adrastus.
(b) Creon.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Eteocles.

15. Who is Cadmus' grandson?
(a) Semele.
(b) Teiresius.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Coryphaeus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the current ruler of Thebes in The Bacchae?

3. Who does Eteocles ask Creon to speak to of the coming war?

4. What is reported that the women tore apart with bare hands in The Bacchae?

5. Dionysus leads Pentheus away, saying that who will bring him back in her arms?

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