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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. "The Bacchants": How does Pentheus disguise himself to go view the rites on the hill?
(a) As a commoner.
(b) As a herdsman.
(c) As a shepherd.
(d) As a woman.
2. "The Bacchants": What did the women use to rip apart the cattle?
(a) Their shoes.
(b) Their necklaces.
(c) Their hands.
(d) Swords.
3. "Trojan Women": The play begins after the fall of what city?
(a) Athens.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Troy.
4. "Trojan Women": Before the Greeks take her to whom is Cassandra is a servant?
(a) The fates.
(b) The gods.
(c) The queen.
(d) The king.
5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Once they are on the ship, what does the sea do?
(a) Swallows the ship.
(b) Kills Orestes.
(c) Swallows the passengers.
(d) Captures Iphigenia.
6. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Iphigenia's father tell her she was going to marry?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Ajax.
(d) Pylades.
7. "The Bacchants": Who has not respected his Bacchic rites?
(a) The Thebans.
(b) The Corinthians.
(c) The Dorians.
(d) The Athenians.
8. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where will Iphigenia take the two men to clean them and help them escape?
(a) The river.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The lake.
9. "The Bacchants": What kind of wreaths do the followers of Dionysus wear?
(a) Olive branch.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Floral.
(d) Twig.
10. "The Bacchants": What does Pentheus say are dancing in the countryside?
(a) Strangers.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Syrians.
(d) Maenads.
11. "Iphigenia at Aulis" begins with a speech that has been what?
(a) Lost.
(b) Translated.
(c) Misplaced.
(d) Never performed.
12. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What is Iphigenia doing while pleading with Agamemnon not to sacrifice her?
(a) Kneeling.
(b) Weeping.
(c) She is not pleading.
(d) Praying.
13. "Electra": Aegisthus married Electra to the peasant so she cannot have what?
(a) A good life.
(b) His throne.
(c) Noble children.
(d) Riches.
14. "Trojan Women": How do the Greeks kill Andromache's son?
(a) Throw him from the battlements.
(b) Run him over with horses.
(c) Behead him.
(d) Stone him.
15. "Trojan Women": What is Poseidon the god of?
(a) The air.
(b) The moon.
(c) The sea.
(d) The sun.
Short Answer Questions
1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": If Agamemnon calls off the sacrifice, who will do it?
2. "The Bacchants": What is Tiresias's main characteristic?
3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": When Iphigenia realizes that one of the captured men is her brother, she devises a plan while helping them fulfill Apollo's orders. What will this plan help her do?
4. "Trojan Women": When does the king say he will kill Helen?
5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Of what crime does Iphigenia plan to claim the two men are guilty making them unclean?
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