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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. When Orestes returns, who does Electra praise for his faithful friendship?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) The farmer.

2. Who does Creon tell Eteocles has captured an opposing soldier?
(a) Athenians.
(b) Argives.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Trojans.

3. Who is Cadmus' grandson?
(a) Pentheus.
(b) Coryphaeus.
(c) Semele.
(d) Teiresius.

4. Electra condemns all men who confuse what with power?
(a) Rage.
(b) Love.
(c) Lust.
(d) Money.

5. What is the setting for the opening of The Bacchae?
(a) A palace.
(b) A farm house.
(c) Apollo's shrine.
(d) A Dionysian altar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose death does the chorus sing of in the beginning of The Bacchae?

2. Who does Eteocles ask Creon to speak to of the coming war?

3. What has Dionysus done to the women of Thebes?

4. What god does the chorus bemoan in the last half of The Phoenician Women?

5. What does Aegisthus take to predict the future?

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