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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Dionysus done to the women of Thebes?
(a) Seduced them.
(b) Turned them mad.
(c) Sent them to Troy.
(d) Killed them.

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

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

4. Who is now preparing for a battle to the death, according to the messenger after the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Creon and Tydeus.
(b) Tydeus and Eteocles.
(c) Teiresius and Polyneices.
(d) Polyneices and Eteocles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Who slips on a stone, and his leg is exposed during the duel?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) Creon.
(d) Teiresius.

14. What does Menoeceus do during the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Kills Creon.
(b) Kills Teiresius.
(c) Sacrifices himself.
(d) Kills Aegisthus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills the dragon that Ares has fathered?

2. Whose life does the chorus bemoan before the battle in The Phoenician Women?

3. Dionysus says that Pentheus must dress how to avoid being killed by the celebrants?

4. Who accompanies Creon to see Teiresius?

5. Who did Zeus hide Dionysus from as a child?

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