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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Once they are on the ship, what does the sea do?
(a) Captures Iphigenia.
(b) Kills Orestes.
(c) Swallows the ship.
(d) Swallows the passengers.
2. "Trojan Women": What activities are heard during the opening scene?
(a) Packing and moving.
(b) Happiness and laughter.
(c) Death and wailing.
(d) Joy and victory.
3. "Iphigenia at Aulis" begins with a speech that has been what?
(a) Translated.
(b) Never performed.
(c) Misplaced.
(d) Lost.
4. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What did Agamemnon do that upsets Achilles?
(a) Lied to his daughter.
(b) Promised he would be married.
(c) Used his name without permission.
(d) Took the sacrifice away.
5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Whom does Agamemnon need to sacrifice?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His sister.
(c) His wife.
(d) His cousin.
Short Answer Questions
1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where will Iphigenia take the two men to clean them and help them escape?
2. "Trojan Women": Hecuba laments the death of whom?
3. "Trojan Women": Before the Greeks take her to whom is Cassandra is a servant?
4. "The Bacchants": What is Pentheus's role?
5. "Trojan Women": The Greeks have assembled the Trojan women who were spared death to become what?
Short Essay Questions
1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": How does Agamemnon convince his daughter and wife to come to his camp?
2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why do the men capture Pylades and Orestes?
3. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What prophecy has Calchas made?
4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why does Iphigenia think human sacrifice is practiced in Taurus?
5. "Electra": Why has the peasant not slept with Electra?
6. "Iphigenia among Taurians": How does Iphigenia get the idol to the ship?
7. "Trojan Women": What does Hecuba tell Menelaus?
8. "Trojan Women": Why is Hecuba upset about Agamemnon taking Cassandra?
9. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why are Orestes and Pylades in Taurus?
10. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What dream does Iphigenia have at the beginning of the play?
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