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

2. Who is Dionysus' mother?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Semele.
(c) Agave.
(d) Hera.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What god does the chorus bemoan in the last half of The Phoenician Women?

2. Who is now preparing for a battle to the death, according to the messenger after the battle in The Phoenician Women?

3. Who does Polyneices pray to for victory in the duel?

4. Who makes up the chorus in The Bacchae?

5. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is the superior military strategist between Eteocles and Creon? Why?

3. What is Jocasta's fate in the end of The Phoenician Women?

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

5. What is the central setting of The Bacchae?

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

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

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

9. Why has Dionysis come to Thebes in The Bacchae?

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

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