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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose death does the chorus sing of in the beginning of The Bacchae?
(a) Oedipus'.
(b) Agave's.
(c) Dionysus'.
(d) Semele's.

2. What is the notable structure seen in the setting of The Bacchae?
(a) Apollo's altar.
(b) Dionysus' altar.
(c) A statue.
(d) A smoking tomb.

3. Who attacks with spears, but is fought off by the Thebian army in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Cartemus.
(c) Tydeus.
(d) Creon.

4. After the battle in The Phoenician Women, who enters, crying for his son's death?
(a) Teiresius.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Creon.

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

6. Who has been gossiping that Dionysus is NOT the son of Zeus?
(a) Orpheus.
(b) Semele's sisters.
(c) Agave's mother.
(d) Cadmus.

7. Who does Eteocles pray to for victory in the duel?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Hera.
(c) Ares.
(d) Pallas.

8. Who has the greater army in the war in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Hellene.
(c) The Argives.
(d) The Trojans.

9. Who comes to tell Pentheus of the women performing miracles on the mountain?
(a) Teiresius.
(b) A herdsman.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Agave.

10. Who is Pentheus' mother?
(a) Autonoe.
(b) Ino.
(c) Semele.
(d) Agave.

11. What is reported that the women tore apart with bare hands in The Bacchae?
(a) The lambs.
(b) The cattle.
(c) The trees.
(d) The fortress.

12. How many gates surround Thebes?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

13. Polyneices, with his last breath, begs for what?
(a) To be buried in Thebes.
(b) For his wife to be queen.
(c) To be buried in Argos.
(d) To be buried in Athens.

14. Who is the current ruler of Thebes in The Bacchae?
(a) Pentheus.
(b) Creon.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Cadmus.

15. Who is now preparing for a battle to the death, according to the messenger after the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Creon and Tydeus.
(b) Teiresius and Polyneices.
(c) Tydeus and Eteocles.
(d) Polyneices and Eteocles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Antigone's betrothed husband the son of?

2. Dionysus leads Pentheus away, saying that who will bring him back in her arms?

3. Who does Creon tell Eteocles has captured an opposing soldier?

4. Dionysus offers to lead Pentheus where?

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

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