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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. "Electra": Electra begins with the speech of a peasant from where?
(a) Tarturus.
(b) Mycenae.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Helios.
2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": When the priest was about to slit Iphigenia's throat, what appeared in her place?
(a) A fawn.
(b) A cow.
(c) A goat.
(d) A sheep.
3. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Where does Iphigenia think her brother is when she is going to release one of the men to take a message to him?
(a) Garter.
(b) Argos.
(c) Hellaus.
(d) Troy.
4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Of what crime does Iphigenia plan to claim the two men are guilty making them unclean?
(a) Patricide.
(b) Fratricide.
(c) Homicide.
(d) Matricide.
5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What does Iphigenia feel as she prepares to perform the sacrifice?
(a) No pleasure.
(b) No loss.
(c) No pain.
(d) No sadness.
Short Answer Questions
1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": If Agamemnon calls off the sacrifice, who will do it?
2. "Trojan Women": With which Greek man does Cassandra go?
3. "Trojan Women": When does the king say he will kill Helen?
4. "Trojan Women": With which Greek man does Hecuba go?
5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What reason does Iphigenia give to the king for taking an item out of the temple?
Short Essay Questions
1. "Trojan Women": Why has Athena decided to attack her former allies?
2. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Why does Agamemnon try to tell his daughter not to come to the camp?
3. "The Bacchants": What does the stranger convince Pentheus to do after he hears the tale from the herdsman?
4. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why are Orestes and Pylades in Taurus?
5. "The Bacchants": What do Cadmus and Tiresias discuss on their way to the bacchanal celebration?
6. "Trojan Women": Why is Hecuba enraged about being Odysseus's slave?
7. "Electra": What is the plan the tutor and Orestes make to kill Aegisthus?
8. "Electra": Why does the king ask Orestes to kill the bull?
9. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why does Iphigenia think human sacrifice is practiced in Taurus?
10. "Iphigenia at Aulis": Why does Achilles vow to defend Iphigenia?
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