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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Bacchae, pages 200-220.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose head does Agave say she carries on a wand in The Bacchae?
(a) A mountain lion.
(b) A bear.
(c) A bull.
(d) A dragon.

2. What is Aegisthus preparing to offer the goddess Nymphs in Electra?
(a) A slaughtered bull.
(b) A slaughtered lamb.
(c) A slaughtered dragon.
(d) A slaughtered virgin.

3. Who appears in the heavens at the end of Electra?
(a) Artemis.
(b) The Dioscuri.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Dionysus.

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

5. What does Dionysus say that Cadmus and his wife will eventually destroy?
(a) The city of Thebes.
(b) Mount Olympus.
(c) Apollo's shrine.
(d) The world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who objects that their punishment is too cruel to Dionysus at the end of The Bacchae?

2. To whom is Antigone planned to wed?

3. Who is the current ruler of Thebes in The Bacchae?

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

5. The herders try to ambush who to bring her back to Pentheus?

(see the answer key)

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