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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. When the wild women scratch at the ground, what appears, in The Bacchae?
(a) Water and fire.
(b) Milk and honey.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Fire.

2. Who takes a sword and stabs herself in the end of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Electra.
(b) Creon.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) Antigone.

3. Who is the founder of Thebes?
(a) Cadmus.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Semele.
(d) Dionysus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?

2. What has Dionysus done to the women of Thebes?

3. Who does Eteocles ask Creon to speak to of the coming war?

4. After the battle in The Phoenician Women, who enters, crying for his son's death?

5. Who is exiled at the end of The Phoenician Women?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the central setting of The Bacchae?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is the battle illuminated in The Phoenician Women?

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

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