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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. What is reported that the women tore apart with bare hands in The Bacchae?

2. Who is Dionysus' mother?

3. Who comes to tell Pentheus of the women performing miracles on the mountain?

4. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?

5. Whose life does the chorus bemoan before the battle in The Phoenician Women?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the herdsman's tale of the wild women foretell in The Bacchae?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of the chorus in Electra. Who are they made up of? Who do they side with during the action? In what ways do they perform?

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