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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 is Antigone's betrothed husband the son of?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) The pedagogue.
(c) Menoeceus.
(d) Creon.

2. To whose daughter is Polyneices married?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Adrastus.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Electra.

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

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

5. Who delivers the opening speech of exposition in The Bacchae?
(a) The chorus.
(b) Semele.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Agave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Cadmus' grandson?

3. Who does Zeus strike down from the gate with lightning in the battle of The Phoenician Women?

4. Who calls Dionysus the greatest god, after hearing of the wild women in The Bacchae?

5. On what mountain are the wild women performing miracles in The Bacchae?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pentheus react to Dionysus' miracles?

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

3. What is the principle character trait of Pentheus? How does he express this?

4. Which way do the gods lean in the battle between Thebes and the Argives? Why?

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

6. What is the last straw which unleashes Dionysus' wrath on Pentheus?

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

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

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

10. What does the herdsman's tale of the wild women foretell in The Bacchae?

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