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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who drops stones from the wall during the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Creon.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) Periclymenus.
(d) Eteocles.

2. Polyneices, with his last breath, begs for what?
(a) For his wife to be queen.
(b) To be buried in Athens.
(c) To be buried in Argos.
(d) To be buried in Thebes.

3. Who accompanies Creon to see Teiresius?
(a) Andromache.
(b) Menoeceus.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Helen.

4. Who kills the dragon that Ares has fathered?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Cadmus.
(c) Teiresius.
(d) Oedipus.

5. Instead of Dionysus, what is in the stable that is to be Dionysus' prison?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Horse.
(c) Lion.
(d) Bull.

6. Who has the greater army in the war in The Phoenician Women?
(a) The Trojans.
(b) Hellene.
(c) Thebes.
(d) The Argives.

7. Who does Zeus strike down from the gate with lightning in the battle of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Capaneus.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Creon.

8. What appears when one of the wild women of the Bacchae strikes the ground?
(a) A spring of milk.
(b) A spring of wine.
(c) Lightning.
(d) A fire.

9. In the Phoenician Women, who does Ares seek revenge against?
(a) Cadmus.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Creon.

10. Who is Dionysus' mother?
(a) Hera.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Semele.
(d) Agave.

11. After the battle in The Phoenician Women, who enters, crying for his son's death?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Teiresius.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) Creon.

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

13. In what city-state is The Bacchae set?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Troy.
(c) Argos.
(d) Athens.

14. What is reported that the women tore apart with bare hands in The Bacchae?
(a) The trees.
(b) The cattle.
(c) The fortress.
(d) The lambs.

15. Who comes to tell Pentheus of the women performing miracles on the mountain?
(a) A herdsman.
(b) Agave.
(c) Teiresius.
(d) Dionysus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for the opening of The Bacchae?

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

3. Who is Antigone's betrothed husband the son of?

4. Who does Polyneices pray to for victory in the duel?

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

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