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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 goes to stop the duel to the death in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Teiresius.
(b) Eteocles and Jocasta.
(c) Jocasta calls Antigone.
(d) Creon and Jocasta.

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

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

4. In The Bacchae, the chorus sings that ______ men are punished by the gods.
(a) Prideful.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Lustful.
(d) Vile.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dionysus strike down with lightning?

3. Who is the founder of Thebes?

4. Of the wild women of The Bacchae, who hears the cows and wakes the other women up?

5. Who is Dionysus' mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the brothers' battle in The Phoenician Women reflect the theme of the play?

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

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

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

6. Who commits the most noble act in The Phoenician Women?

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

8. In Etecleocle's scene with Creon, how does he seal the fate of the play?

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

10. What is the central setting of The Bacchae?

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