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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dionysus strike down with lightning?

2. Whose army is chased away at the end of the battle in The Phoenician Women?

3. Who is Cadmus' grandson?

4. Instead of Dionysus, what is in the stable that is to be Dionysus' prison?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the central setting of The Bacchae?

2. How does Pentheus react to Dionysus' miracles?

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

4. Who is the character of Teiresias? Describe this character.

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

6. Who is the central character of The Bacchae? How is he dressed?

7. What is Jocasta's fate in the end of The Phoenician Women?

8. Who commits the most noble act in The Phoenician Women?

9. Why has Dionysis come to Thebes in The Bacchae?

10. How does Dionysus illustrate that Pentheus is responsible for his own fate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of "Power" in the play, The Phoenician Women. Who has power in the play? Who seeks it? How does this theme affect all of the main characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of "Defiance Against the Gods" in The Bacchae. What is Euripides' message with this theme? What is society's belief during this time? How does this theme justify the actions of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "Revenge" in the play, Electra. How does this theme carry the action of the play? What characters embody this theme?

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