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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. "Trojan Women": Who joins Poseidon and says she has decided to attack the Greeks?
2. "Iphigenia among Taurians": In Iphigenia's dream, what do Orestes and Pylades try to take from the temple?
3. "Electra": Electra begins with the speech of a peasant from where?
4. "The Bacchants": How does Pentheus disguise himself to go view the rites on the hill?
5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": What lie does Agamemnon tell in order to get Iphigenia to come to be sacrificed?
Short Essay Questions
1. "Iphigenia at Aulis": How does Agamemnon convince his daughter and wife to come to his camp?
2. "Electra": Why does the king ask Orestes to kill the bull?
3. "The Bacchants": After the stranger escapes from jail, what tale does the herdsman tell Pentheus?
4. "The Bacchants": Why has Pentheus jailed several of the bacchants?
5. "Iphigenia among Taurians": What dream does Iphigenia have at the beginning of the play?
6. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Who is Iphigenia?
7. What are the first spoken lines in "Iphigenia at Aulis"?
8. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Why are Orestes and Pylades in Taurus?
9. "Trojan Women": Why is Hecuba enraged about being Odysseus's slave?
10. "Electra": What do Castor and Pollux tell Orestes and Electra?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Does Euripides believe roles in society are established by convention or by nature? What are three examples from plays that support your answer?
Essay Topic 2
How do the emotions of anger, greed, and resentment motivate the characters in Euripides' plays? Give at least two examples of each emotion as motivation from different plays.
Essay Topic 3
What are three types of irony and how does Euripides use them in his plays? Give at least one example for each type of irony.
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