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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bacchants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Alcestis": What is Heracles on his way to tame, when he stops at Admetus's house?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Lions.
(c) Horses.
(d) Harpies.

2. "Medea": Medea claims that women are the unhappiest creatures on earth for a second reason. What is the second reason?
(a) They have to bear the terror of childbirth.
(b) They have to live as mothers to children.
(c) They have to teach children.
(d) They have to live with men.

3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who is the king of Thrace?
(a) Temas.
(b) Thoas.
(c) Turnus.
(d) Tellacius.

4. "The Bacchants": In the jail, whom does Pentheus question when the women have escaped?
(a) A male stranger.
(b) The army.
(c) His father.
(d) The jailer.

5. "Medea": What does Medea claim about women?
(a) That they are enslaved by motherhood.
(b) That they are wealthy in the joy of motherhood.
(c) That they are unhappy if they don't realize their great power over their husbands.
(d) That they are unhappy for their slavery to their husbands.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Electra": Electra does not recognize her brother and his friend at first. What does she think they are?

2. "Trojan Women": When does the king say he will kill Helen?

3. "The Bacchants": What is Tiresias's main characteristic?

4. "Medea": What does Medea need to find before she carries out her plans for Jason?

5. "Hippolytus": What action does Phaedra believe is better than doing wrong?

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