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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bacchae, pages 179-200.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Electra NOT want the body to be seen by?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Orestes.

2. Who has a plan for how to kill Clytemnestra?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Orestes.
(c) The old servant.
(d) Electra.

3. Who accompanies Creon to see Teiresius?
(a) Menoeceus.
(b) Andromache.
(c) Helen.
(d) Clytemnestra.

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

5. Who does Aegisthus beg to protect him and destroy his enemies?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) The Nymphs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who adamantly does NOT worship Dionysus in The Bacchae?

2. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus that he and his party are?

3. Who does Electra say would recognize her brother if he saw him?

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

5. What does the chorus do in Electra when Orestes is discovered?

(see the answer key)

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