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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. The chorus in The Phoenician Women is waiting to be sent where?

2. What is Aegisthus preparing to offer the goddess Nymphs in Electra?

3. What is the scene set before in The Phoenician Women?

4. What kind of knife does Orestes ask for to butcher the animal?

5. In The Phoenician Women, who has been living in Argos and marries a woman there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the central conflict in The Phoenician Women?

2. What does the chorus sing of once Orestes and Electra exit in Part Two of Electra?

3. What is the irony of Electra's stance on woman's subservience?

4. Why does the servant say Orestes won't be killed by approaching Aegisthus?

5. Describe briefly the theme of fate in The Phoenician Women.

6. Describe the dramatic irony in the messenger's speech to Electra in Part Three of the play.

7. The end of the Electra reveals the author's (and likely the society's) point of view. What is it?

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

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

10. What happened to Agamemnon? What does the exposition tell us happened with Orestes and Electra?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of "Defiance Against the Gods" in The Bacchae. What is Euripides' message with this theme? What is society's belief during this time? How does this theme justify the actions of the play?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the theme of "Revenge" in the play, Electra. How does this theme carry the action of the play? What characters embody this theme?

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