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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Dionysus appear when he enters?
(a) As a god.
(b) As a woman.
(c) As a man.
(d) As a bull.

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

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

5. Whose death does the chorus sing of in the beginning of The Bacchae?
(a) Dionysus'.
(b) Agave's.
(c) Semele's.
(d) Oedipus'.

6. Who does Polyneices pray to for victory in the duel?
(a) Ares.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hera.

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

8. How does Eteocles suggest they attack the opposing army?
(a) At noon.
(b) At night.
(c) At dusk.
(d) At dawn.

9. Where has Dionysus been traveling to gather followers?
(a) Atlantis.
(b) Europe.
(c) Asia.
(d) Africa.

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

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

12. Who is killed by stones dropped from the wall in the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Parthenopaeus.
(c) Cartemus.
(d) Antigone.

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

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

15. Who takes a sword and stabs herself in the end of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Jocasta.
(b) Electra.
(c) Creon.
(d) Antigone.

Short Answer Questions

1. The herders try to ambush who to bring her back to Pentheus?

2. Instead of Dionysus, what is in the stable that is to be Dionysus' prison?

3. Who slips on a stone, and his leg is exposed during the duel?

4. To whom is Antigone planned to wed?

5. In the Phoenician Women, who does Ares seek revenge against?

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