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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. Whose death does the chorus sing of in the beginning of The Bacchae?
(a) Agave's.
(b) Oedipus'.
(c) Semele's.
(d) Dionysus'.

2. Instead of Dionysus, what is in the stable that is to be Dionysus' prison?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Bull.
(c) Lion.
(d) Horse.

3. Who is exiled at the end of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Creon.
(c) Teiresius.
(d) Menoeceus.

4. Dionysus offers to lead Pentheus where?
(a) To the gates.
(b) To the women.
(c) To the heavens.
(d) To the villagers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is reported that the women tore apart with bare hands in The Bacchae?

3. Who has been gossiping that Dionysus is NOT the son of Zeus?

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

5. What appears when one of the wild women strikes a rock with a stick in The Bacchae?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is the ruler of Thebes in The Bacchae? Describe him.

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

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

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

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