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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bacchae, pages 155-179.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Orestes' party find Aegisthus?
(a) On the war field.
(b) At the palace.
(c) Walking in a meadow.
(d) By the fortress.

2. What has Dionysus done to the women of Thebes?
(a) Sent them to Troy.
(b) Turned them mad.
(c) Killed them.
(d) Seduced them.

3. Eteocles decrees anyone who buries his brother in Thebes be what?
(a) Imprisoned.
(b) Fined.
(c) Killed.
(d) Exiled.

4. Who kills the dragon that Ares has fathered?
(a) Teiresius.
(b) Cadmus.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Eteocles.

5. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) Her son's.
(c) Her daughter's.
(d) Her husband's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to inform Electra of the success of Orestes' deed?

2. When Orestes returns, who does Electra praise for his faithful friendship?

3. Who does Electra call unfaithful, attractive to women, but a worthless coward underneath his pretty face?

4. What kind of knife does Orestes ask for to butcher the animal?

5. Who is Dionysus' mother?

(see the answer key)

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