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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the new leader of Thebes at the end of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Creon.

2. What has Dionysus done to the women of Thebes?
(a) Seduced them.
(b) Turned them mad.
(c) Sent them to Troy.
(d) Killed them.

3. How many captains does Creon suggest using to ambush the army?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Sixteen.

4. What appears when one of the wild women of the Bacchae strikes the ground?
(a) Lightning.
(b) A fire.
(c) A spring of milk.
(d) A spring of wine.

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

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

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

8. What does Dionysus strike down with lightning?
(a) The palace.
(b) The trees.
(c) The city.
(d) The fortress.

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

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

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

12. What natural disaster does Dionysus call forth in The Bacchae?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A volcano.
(c) A tsunami.
(d) A hurricane.

13. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?
(a) Return in a month.
(b) Wage war.
(c) Take the crown.
(d) Give up.

14. Dionysus is the god of ____ and fertility.
(a) Evil.
(b) War.
(c) Wine.
(d) Lightning.

15. Whose army is chased away at the end of the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Hellenian.
(b) Trojan.
(c) Argive.
(d) Thebian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Dionysus been traveling to gather followers?

2. Who does Teiresius say must die to save Thebes?

3. What is the notable structure seen in the setting of The Bacchae?

4. Who attacks with spears, but is fought off by the Thebian army in The Phoenician Women?

5. Who is the founder of Thebes?

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