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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Dionysus leads Pentheus away, saying that who will bring him back in her arms?
(a) Himself.
(b) Ios.
(c) Agave.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dionysus' mother?

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

3. Pentheus has heard of a trickster from where, claiming that Dionysus is a god?

4. Who is Cadmus' grandson?

5. In The Bacchae, the chorus sings that ______ men are punished by the gods.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the character of Teiresias? Describe this character.

2. What is Pentheus' fatal flaw? How does this cause his downfall?

3. Who is the central character of The Bacchae? How is he dressed?

4. In the case of his death, what does Eteocles ask of Creon?

5. What does Eteocles initially tell Creon in their meeting?

6. How does Dionysus illustrate that Pentheus is responsible for his own fate?

7. What is Antigone's fate at the end of The Phoenician Women?

8. Why do the Argives retreat in the battle with the Thebians?

9. How does Creon fight against the fate of the gods?

10. What natural occurrences does Dionysus bring upon Thebes? How does he use this to affect Pentheus?

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