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The Bacchae was... |
| | A) | a cult of women. |
| | B) | a cult of Dionysus. |
| | C) | an ecstatic cult with wild dancing and choruses. |
| | D) | a passionate, violent cult. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Euripides' Bacchae was about... |
| | A) | Dionysus' return to his birthplace. |
| | B) | Dionysus' return from the Underworld. |
| | C) | the miraculous births of Dionysus and Athene. |
| | D) | the miracle of rebirth. |
| | E) | Dionysus giving humanity the gift of wine. |
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Which character in Antigone is comparable to Pentheus in the Bacchae? |
| | A) | The blind seer, Tiresius. |
| | B) | The Hero Hercules. |
| | C) | Prometheus. |
| | D) | Creon, the brother of Oedipus. |
| | E) | All of the above. |
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In the Bacchae, Dionysus punishes the citizens of Thebes because... |
| | A) | they were lascivious and sinful. |
| | B) | they had not contributed warriors to the Trojan War. |
| | C) | they did not recognize his divinity. |
| | D) | they were opposed to women's rights. |
| | E) | they were born of dragon's teeth. |
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One of the punishments Dionysus inflicts on the citizens of Thebes is... |
| | A) | all the livestock runs away. |
| | B) | calamitous rains and storms. |
| | C) | all the women run wild in the woods. |
| | D) | all the men are sent to sea. |
| | E) | turning the women into serpents. |
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In the Bacchae, Dionysus turns the springs of water into... |
| | A) | springs of honey and ambrosia. |
| | B) | springs of wine and milk. |
| | C) | springs of eternal youth. |
| | D) | springs of forgetfulness. |
| | E) | springs of desire. |
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Dionysus punished the King of Thebes because ... |
| | A) | he pit himself against the divinity of Dionysus. |
| | B) | he was cruel to women. |
| | C) | he was part-Titan. |
| | D) | he was wearing a female disguise. |
| | E) | he was able to shape-shift. |
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In the Bacchae, as in most of the tales of the ancient house of Thebes, the blind seer Tiresias... |
| | A) | is not believed. |
| | B) | is a representative of the Goddess. |
| | C) | is a representative of patriarchy. |
| | D) | continues to be youthful. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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In the Bacchae, Cadmus is punished for only giving "lip service" to the worship of Dionysus by being... |
| | A) | sent to Hades. |
| | B) | turned into an insane wild bull. |
| | C) | turned into a stone statue. |
| | D) | turned into a serpent. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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In the Bacchae, Pentheus is punished for NOT recognizing or allowing the worship of Dionysus by being... |
| | A) | torn to pieces by a wild band of women. |
| | B) | torn to pieces by his mother. |
| | C) | attacked while in the garments a "simpering" female. |
| | D) | caught spying on women |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Agave, the wife of Pentheus, is compelled against her will to participate in his cult because... |
| | A) | she is too virtuous to participate willingly. |
| | B) | she is part-serpent. |
| | C) | she is a worshipper of the Goddess. |
| | D) | she is a queen. |
| | E) | she is devoted to Apollo. |
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Agave, the Queen of Thebes, could be said to represent "every woman" in terms of... |
| | A) | the forces of repressed female sexuality. |
| | B) | the oppression of the patriarchy. |
| | C) | the limited roles of rebellion . |
| | D) | the limited opportunities to participate in the "world of action." |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Of the eighty-eight plays Euripides wrote, how many survive? |
| | A) | 80 |
| | B) | 33 |
| | C) | 19 |
| | D) | 100 |
| | E) | 3 |
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The play, Medea, is about Medea falling in love with and helping the Hero Jason against... |
| | A) | fire-breathing bulls. |
| | B) | fire-breathing dragons. |
| | C) | Medusa. |
| | D) | Aphrodite. |
| | E) | The God of the Underworld. |
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Jason's quest is to find and obtain… |
| | A) | Medusa's head. |
| | B) | love. |
| | C) | immortality. |
| | D) | the Golden Fleece. |
| | E) | the Holy Grail. |
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In the play, Medea |
| | A) | kills her brother. |
| | B) | kills the usurper of the throne Jason is heir to. |
| | C) | kills her children. |
| | D) | betrays her father. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Jason betrays Medea's love by… |
| | A) | abandoning her. |
| | B) | denying that she helped him gain his quest. |
| | C) | running off with another woman. |
| | D) | breaking his vow to marry her. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Medea possesses many qualities associated with Heroes. Which is NOT among those attributes normally associated with Heroes? |
| | A) | Murder. |
| | B) | Courage. |
| | C) | Refusal to compromise. |
| | D) | Magic. |
| | E) | Courage. |
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The chorus of Medea is composed of... |
| | A) | priests of Hera. |
| | B) | aged Athenian warriors. |
| | C) | townswomen. |
| | D) | the Fates. |
| | E) | Bacchae. |
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Jason is seem to be less than Heroic when he... |
| | A) | murders his children. |
| | B) | breaks his oaths. |
| | C) | falls in love with another woman. |
| | D) | uses magic. |
| | E) | battles with Hercules. |
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The phrase "like a rock, or a wave of the sea" refers to... |
| | A) | Medea's irrational acts, as if they were elemental forces. |
| | B) | Jason as irresistible. |
| | C) | Jason's monumental strength. |
| | D) | The forces of tragedy, which only the gods can stop. |
| | E) | Medea's magic |
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Medea's relationships gave rise to many versions of the myths about her. Which is NOT one of those myths mentioned in the text? |
| | A) | She kills her own children. |
| | B) | She kills all the children of Corinth. |
| | C) | Hera offers to reward Medea for rejecting the advances of Zeus by making her children immortal. |
| | D) | Hera kills Medea's children. |
| | E) | Medea was a Goddess of childbirth |
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The play juxtaposes the way gender influences rhetoric by... |
| | A) | having Jason whine and Medea physically abuse him. |
| | B) | having all the men demand silence of the women and the women demanding silence of the men. |
| | C) | having Jason accuse Medea of being verbally aggressive and having Medea accuse Jason of empty words. |
| | D) | having Medea use chanting spells to capture Jason's love and having Jason use a magic sword to break her spell. |
| | E) | having the chorus speak of men's ability to reason and women's lack of rational behavior. |
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The murder committed by Medea is unconventional of Greek tragedy because it… |
| | A) | occurs at dawn. |
| | B) | is described in gory, explicit detail. |
| | C) | is performed with the chorus' help. |
| | D) | is in slow motion. |
| | E) | is ordered by Hecate. |
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Euripides creates a multifaceted, even contradictory character in Medea. Which of the following dichotomies is not represented in the play? |
| | A) | Mother/child-killer. |
| | B) | Mortal/goddess. |
| | C) | Dragon/woman. |
| | D) | Normal woman/witch. |
| | E) | Masculine/feminine. |
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The text asserts that the most rational voices are those of... |
| | A) | the Gods and Goddesses. |
| | B) | the Heroes. |
| | C) | the common people. |
| | D) | the politicians. |
| | E) | Medea and her children. |
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An example given of unfocused rage in the Heroic tradition is... |
| | A) | Zeus giving Pandora to man. |
| | B) | Hercules killing his mother. |
| | C) | Aias killing cattle and horses. |
| | D) | Achilles killing himself. |
| | E) | Medea killing Jason. |
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In a statement on excessive and vindictive violence, the nurse is commenting on... |
| | A) | the self-indulgent upper-classes. |
| | B) | politicians. |
| | C) | men. |
| | D) | irrational women. |
| | E) | the Gods and Goddesses. |
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The chorus repeatedly advises... |
| | A) | love one another. |
| | B) | save the family. |
| | C) | moderation. |
| | D) | courage. |
| | E) | risk-taking. |
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The term "displaced persons" refers to... |
| | A) | upper-class people who own no land. |
| | B) | Jason and Medea. |
| | C) | important people. |
| | D) | people who behave as if they have power, but don't. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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One of the differences between this play and other ancient plays is that the Heroes are... |
| | A) | not engaged in epic battles. |
| | B) | engaged in domestic disputes over money. |
| | C) | not doing extraordinary feats of courage and skill. |
| | D) | portrayed as anachronisms. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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In the play, it is predicted that Jason will die by... |
| | A) | trying to defeat the Athenians. |
| | B) | trying to save a fallen comrade. |
| | C) | trying to abduct Cerebus. |
| | D) | falling asleep under an elm. |
| | E) | being hit on the head by a beam as he sleeps under the prow of his boat. |
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One of the arguments Jason makes to excuse his self-serving behavior is... |
| | A) | "if only men could have children by themselves, and women did not exist." |
| | B) | "if only women would be silent and helpful." |
| | C) | "if only men were allowed the power of possessing women." |
| | D) | "if only men were allowed to bear arms and women only allowed to bear children." |
| | E) | "if only men were allowed to love who they want without having to marry women." |
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In this play, one of the exceptions to conventions of Greek tragedy is that... |
| | A) | violence is enacted on stage. |
| | B) | violence is not portrayed as noble. |
| | C) | violence is portrayed with humor and humility. |
| | D) | women commit violence. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Throughout the play, Medea's perspective changes from... |
| | A) | sympathy to horror. |
| | B) | wronged woman to psychotic housewife. |
| | C) | Heroic to irrational. |
| | D) | identification to revulsion. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Euripides seems to use this play to say: If violent ignoble behavior is what Heroes are like, then we should reserve our admiration for... |
| | A) | those who are at least partly divine by birth. |
| | B) | priests and oracles. |
| | C) | nurses, tutors, village girls and peasants. |
| | D) | departed ancestors. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Euripides questions the traditional concepts of the tragic universe by asking... |
| | A) | if men are actually more rational than women. |
| | B) | if the Gods are rational. |
| | C) | if good can suffer can the wicked prosper. |
| | D) | if violence is tool o f the Gods and Goddesses. |
| | E) | if children are precious. |
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To illustrate the concept of parody in this play, the text suggests that Euripides undermines... |
| | A) | its characters. |
| | B) | moral premises. |
| | C) | sexual premises. |
| | D) | heroic values. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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At the end of the play, Medea is... |
| | A) | killed by Hera. |
| | B) | torn asunder by the Furies. |
| | C) | taken up in a chariot drawn by dragons. |
| | D) | married to Jason. |
| | E) | kills Jason. |
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In commenting on the unpredictability of the Gods, the chorus comments... |
| | A) | the Gods do not answer us. |
| | B) | the universe is not run according to our needs. |
| | C) | the universe is not run according to our expectations. |
| | D) | the ambiguity of fate. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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