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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What appears when one of the wild women strikes a rock with a stick in The Bacchae?
(a) A spring of water.
(b) A team of leopards.
(c) A fire.
(d) A tree.

4. Who is the blind prophet in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Cartamus.
(b) The pedagogue.
(c) Teiresius.
(d) Menoeceus.

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

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

7. Who is the new leader of Thebes at the end of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Creon.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Oedipus.

8. Who does Eteocles ask Creon to speak to of the coming war?
(a) Menoeceus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Teiresius.

9. When the wild women scratch at the ground, what appears, in The Bacchae?
(a) Milk and honey.
(b) Water and fire.
(c) Fire.
(d) Locusts.

10. How many captains does Creon suggest using to ambush the army?
(a) Six.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Seven.

11. Who is exiled at the end of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Menoeceus.
(b) Teiresius.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Creon.

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

13. Who did Zeus hide Dionysus from as a child?
(a) Semele.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Hera.

14. Who is the current ruler of Thebes in The Bacchae?
(a) Creon.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Pentheus.

15. Who does Eteocles pray to for victory in the duel?
(a) Hera.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Pallas.
(d) Ares.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polyneices, with his last breath, begs for what?

2. Who does the messenger tell Creon is dead near the end of The Phoenician Women?

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

4. Who takes a sword and stabs herself in the end of The Phoenician Women?

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

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