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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a plan for how to kill Clytemnestra?

2. Orestes fears being tried for what?

3. Who does the chorus sing about that would right the wrongs being slain in Electra?

4. What does Electra's husband say that it's improper for Electra to do?

5. Who does Electra explain to her guests the servant is?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Antigone's entrance in The Phoenician Women used as an aid to the audience?

2. Why do the brothers in The Phoenician Women fight against fate?

3. What does Orestes say of Electra's husband (as he pretends to be the messenger)?

4. What led to Oedipus' downfall?

5. Who brings Electra food for their guests? What does he bring? What is his connection to Orestes?

6. Who recognizes Orestes?

7. What does Orestes ask of the old man at the cottage?

8. What does the farmer chide Electra for as she speaks to Orestes in Part Two of Electra?

9. Why and with whom has Orestes returned to Argos? Where do we first find him in the play Electra?

10. Who are the Phoenician Women? What are their feelings in the play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the use of imagery, symbolism, and motif in the play "The Bacchae." Define the terms and give examples of each from the text and what they represent.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the following characters from the Bacchae and their actions: Pentheus, Agave, Cadmus, Teiresius, and Coryphaeus.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the protagonist of The Bacchae. What is different about this protagonist as opposed to the protagonists in the previous two plays? What are his objectives and actions in the play?

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