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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. How many captains does Creon suggest using to ambush the army?

2. The herders try to ambush who to bring her back to Pentheus?

3. What is the setting for the opening of The Bacchae?

4. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?

5. How does Eteocles suggest they attack the opposing army?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Pentheus' fatal flaw? How does this cause his downfall?

4. What does the herdsman's tale of the wild women foretell in The Bacchae?

5. What is the central setting of The Bacchae?

6. Who is the ruler of Thebes in The Bacchae? Describe him.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the protagonist of The Bacchae. What is different about this protagonist as opposed to the protagonists in the previous two plays? What are his objectives and actions in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Polyneices and Eteocles in The Phoenician Women. How are these characters related? How are they similar? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "Fate" in The Phoenician Women. How does this theme attribute to the actions of Polyneices and Eteocles? To Oedipus? To Antigone?

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