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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "Iphigenia at Aulis" begins with a speech that has been what?
(a) Lost.
(b) Never performed.
(c) Translated.
(d) Misplaced.

3. "Trojan Women": Who joins Poseidon and says she has decided to attack the Greeks?
(a) Athena.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Aphrodite.

4. "Electra": Who tells Electra Aegisthus is successfully murdered?
(a) A messenger.
(b) Her husband.
(c) A guard.
(d) A servant.

5. "Electra": What does Orestes do as his mother comes to Electra's house?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Hides.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Stands next to Electra.

6. "Electra": Who did Orestes and Pylades claim to be when the met the king?
(a) Hunters.
(b) Priests.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Travelers.

7. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Iphigenia's father tell her she was going to marry?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Ajax.

8. "Electra": Aegisthus married Electra to the peasant so she cannot have what?
(a) Noble children.
(b) His throne.
(c) A good life.
(d) Riches.

9. "The Bacchants": Who leads the attack on Pentheus?
(a) Alicia.
(b) Agave.
(c) Agrippa.
(d) Alluna.

10. "Iphigenia at Aulis": How does Iphigenia go to the altar?
(a) Willingly.
(b) Carried.
(c) Bound.
(d) Unhappily.

11. "Trojan Women": How do the Greeks kill Andromache's son?
(a) Behead him.
(b) Stone him.
(c) Run him over with horses.
(d) Throw him from the battlements.

12. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What is the name of Agamemnon's wife?
(a) Carmina.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Chamomilia.
(d) Clytemnestra.

13. "The Bacchants": Who has not respected his Bacchic rites?
(a) The Dorians.
(b) The Athenians.
(c) The Corinthians.
(d) The Thebans.

14. "Electra": Electra does not recognize her brother and his friend at first. What does she think they are?
(a) Criminals.
(b) Beggars.
(c) Strangers.
(d) Thieves.

15. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What does Agamemnon give to the servant to take to his family?
(a) A letter.
(b) His riches.
(c) His robe.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Bacchants": In the jail, whom does Pentheus question when the women have escaped?

2. "Trojan Women": Before the Greeks take her to whom is Cassandra is a servant?

3. "Iphigenia at Aulis": The prophet has said that the lack of wind is the work of what goddess?

4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What are the Greek troops waiting for while sitting in port?

5. "The Bacchants": What is the clothing of followers of Dionysus?

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