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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. In The Bacchae, the chorus sings that ______ men are punished by the gods.
(a) Prideful.
(b) Vile.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Lustful.

2. Who does Polyneices pray to for victory in the duel?
(a) Ares.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Hera.
(d) Zeus.

3. Who takes a sword and stabs herself in the end of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Creon.
(d) Electra.

4. Orestes tells Electra that he's having second thoughts about killing whom?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Iphegenia.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Clytemnestra.

5. Instead of Dionysus, what is in the stable that is to be Dionysus' prison?
(a) Horse.
(b) Bull.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Lion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Electra's husband chastise her for doing in the beginning of Electra?

3. Who recognizes Orestes in the cottage?

4. Where has Dionysus been traveling to gather followers?

5. Who kills the dragon that Ares has fathered?

(see the answer key)

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