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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 natural disaster does Dionysus call forth in The Bacchae?

2. Who kills the dragon that Ares has fathered?

3. Polyneices, with his last breath, begs for what?

4. Who does Eteocles ask Creon to speak to of the coming war?

5. Who comes to tell Pentheus of the women performing miracles on the mountain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Pentheus react to Dionysus' miracles?

8. What natural occurrences does Dionysus bring upon Thebes? How does he use this to affect Pentheus?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the violent scenes and battles created in the plays of Euripides? Describe the staging of the three plays studied from the collection and the battles or murders which take place in each.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the exposition of The Phoenician Women. What is the story of Oedipus and his reign in Thebes? What has led up to the events which take place in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the use of imagery, symbolism, and motif in the play "The Bacchae." Define the terms and give examples of each from the text and what they represent.

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