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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. Who becomes Clytemnestra's lover?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Pentheus.

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

3. Coryphaeus counters to the messenger who chides her for praising Dionysus that she is not _____ and follows her god.
(a) Asian.
(b) African.
(c) Thebian.
(d) Greek.

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

5. What does Menoeceus do during the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Kills Teiresius.
(b) Kills Aegisthus.
(c) Sacrifices himself.
(d) Kills Creon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aegisthus beg to protect him and destroy his enemies?

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

3. Who enters with Orestes in his first appearance in Electra?

4. Who is exiled at the end of The Phoenician Women?

5. Electra condemns all men who are what to their wives?

(see the answer key)

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