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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Trojan Women": With which Greek man does Cassandra go?
(a) Soptoan.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Creon.
(d) Heracles.

2. "Alcestis": What does the chorus think the upcoming death Admetus's wife is like?
(a) Sealing.
(b) Farce.
(c) Gift.
(d) Sacrifice.

3. "Trojan Women": The goddess has decided to attack her former allies, the Greeks, because they have done violence to whom?
(a) Some of her servants.
(b) Some of her children.
(c) The women.
(d) Her sisters.

4. "Medea": Who begins the play "Medea" in a lament?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A maid.
(c) A girl.
(d) A handmaiden.

5. "Hippolytus": What is Aphrodite goddess of?
(a) The sea.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Love.
(d) Gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Andromache": How is Peleus described?

2. "Electra": Whom did Electra's mother help to kill?

3. "Andromache": Whom does Andromache send to fetch Peleus?

4. "Electra": What does Orestes do as his mother comes to Electra's house?

5. "Electra": Who is Orestes' father?

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