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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 welcomes Dionysus after he escapes the stable?
(a) Medusa.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Coryphaeus.
(d) Agave.

2. The herders try to ambush who to bring her back to Pentheus?
(a) Agave.
(b) Ios.
(c) Autone.
(d) Artemis.

3. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?
(a) Wage war.
(b) Give up.
(c) Return in a month.
(d) Take the crown.

4. Whose army is chased away at the end of the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Argive.
(b) Hellenian.
(c) Thebian.
(d) Trojan.

5. Who does Polyneices pray to for victory in the duel?
(a) Hera.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Ares.
(d) Atlas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for the opening of The Bacchae?

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

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

4. When the wild women scratch at the ground, what appears, in The Bacchae?

5. Who does the messenger tell Creon is dead near the end of The Phoenician Women?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the central setting of The Bacchae?

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

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