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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. "The Bacchants": What did the women use to get the blood from the cattle off themselves?
(a) Herbs.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) Water.
(d) Wine.
2. "Trojan Women": With which Greek man does Hecuba go?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Jason.
(c) Tartus.
(d) Ulysses.
3. "Iphigenia at Aulis": If Agamemnon calls off the sacrifice, who will do it?
(a) Creon.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Pylades.
4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What does Agamemnon give to the servant to take to his family?
(a) His robe.
(b) Money.
(c) A letter.
(d) His riches.
5. "The Bacchants": What is Tiresias's main characteristic?
(a) Deafness.
(b) Shortness.
(c) Baldness.
(d) Blindness.
6. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What do the Taurians perform for their goddess?
(a) Plant sacrifice.
(b) Human sacrifice.
(c) Animal sacrifice.
(d) Food sacrifice.
7. "Trojan Women": What is the name of Andromache's young son?
(a) Lourdus.
(b) Astyanax.
(c) Synthagarus.
(d) Jastian.
8. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What lie does Agamemnon tell in order to get Iphigenia to come to be sacrificed?
(a) That he needs her as a warrior.
(b) That there is a present for her.
(c) That he is sick.
(d) That she is getting married.
9. "The Bacchants": What does Pentheus say are dancing in the countryside?
(a) Maenads.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Strangers.
(d) Syrians.
10. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who tells the king of Iphigenia's deceit?
(a) A messenger.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A merchant.
(d) A herdsman.
11. "The Bacchants": What did the women use to rip apart the cattle?
(a) Swords.
(b) Their necklaces.
(c) Their hands.
(d) Their shoes.
12. "Electra": How is Electra going to lure her mother out to her house?
(a) Claiming to be ill.
(b) Claiming to have a present.
(c) Claiming to have a baby.
(d) Claiming to have information.
13. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who is the king of Thrace?
(a) Turnus.
(b) Tellacius.
(c) Thoas.
(d) Temas.
14. "Iphigenia at Aulis": When the priest was about to slit Iphigenia's throat, what appeared in her place?
(a) A goat.
(b) A fawn.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A cow.
15. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Who is Helen's Greek husband?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Orephanus.
(c) Dyometer.
(d) Tallus.
Short Answer Questions
1. "The Bacchants": How does Pentheus disguise himself to go view the rites on the hill?
2. "Trojan Women": Who joins Poseidon and says she has decided to attack the Greeks?
3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Iphigenia was intended to be a sacrifice but was spirited away to where?
4. "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?
5. "Trojan Women": What is Poseidon the god of?
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