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

2. Who is now preparing for a battle to the death, according to the messenger after the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Polyneices and Eteocles.
(b) Creon and Tydeus.
(c) Tydeus and Eteocles.
(d) Teiresius and Polyneices.

3. Who is the current ruler of Thebes in The Bacchae?
(a) Cadmus.
(b) Creon.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Oedipus.

4. Dionysus leads Pentheus away, saying that who will bring him back in her arms?
(a) Himself.
(b) Athena.
(c) Ios.
(d) Agave.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the new leader of Thebes at the end of The Phoenician Women?

3. To whom is Antigone planned to wed?

4. Who goes to stop the duel to the death in The Phoenician Women?

5. What does Dionysus strike down with lightning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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