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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. Dionysus is the god of ____ and fertility.

2. Who does Zeus strike down from the gate with lightning in the battle of The Phoenician Women?

3. How does Dionysus appear when he enters?

4. Who delivers the opening speech of exposition in The Bacchae?

5. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the last straw which unleashes Dionysus' wrath on Pentheus?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the violent scenes and battles created in the plays of Euripides? Describe the staging of the three plays studied from the collection and the battles or murders which take place in each.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of "Power" in the play, The Phoenician Women. Who has power in the play? Who seeks it? How does this theme affect all of the main characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "Wealth and Poverty" as it applies to the play Electra. How does this theme drive the action of the characters?

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