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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Eteocles suggest they attack the opposing army?
(a) At dawn.
(b) At night.
(c) At dusk.
(d) At noon.

2. Who is the founder of Thebes?
(a) Pentheus.
(b) Semele.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Dionysus.

3. Who did Zeus hide Dionysus from as a child?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Semele.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Hera.

4. Who drops stones from the wall during the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Creon.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) Periclymenus.
(d) Eteocles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pentheus' mother?

2. Who does the messenger tell Creon is dead near the end of The Phoenician Women?

3. Who adamantly does NOT worship Dionysus in The Bacchae?

4. How many gates surround Thebes?

5. To whose daughter is Polyneices married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Antigone's fate at the end of The Phoenician Women?

2. Who is the superior military strategist between Eteocles and Creon? Why?

3. Which way do the gods lean in the battle between Thebes and the Argives? Why?

4. In the case of his death, what does Eteocles ask of Creon?

5. In Etecleocle's scene with Creon, how does he seal the fate of the play?

6. How does Pentheus react to Dionysus' miracles?

7. What is the central setting of The Bacchae?

8. What does Eteocles initially tell Creon in their meeting?

9. What is the last straw which unleashes Dionysus' wrath on Pentheus?

10. What is the principle character trait of Pentheus? How does he express this?

(see the answer keys)

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