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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Phoenician Women, pages 98-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The old servant tells Orestes he must kill Aegisthus, but not where?
(a) Within the city.
(b) In the country.
(c) By the river.
(d) On a grave.

2. Who is the wife of Laius?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Electra.

3. Who does Electra explain to her guests the servant is?
(a) The one who killed Agamemnon.
(b) The one who saved Orestes.
(c) The one who works for Clytemnestra.
(d) The one who killed Pylades.

4. Who does Electra tell that her husband is alive?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Clytemnestra.

5. Who says that good character cannot be judged by riches, poverty or courage?
(a) Orestes.
(b) The farmer.
(c) Electra.
(d) Pylades.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Creon to see Teiresius?

2. Who does Electra say would recognize her brother if he saw him?

3. Who locks Oedipus in the palace in shame?

4. Who does Orestes pretend to be when he meets his sister?

5. In the Phoenician Women, who does Ares seek revenge against?

(see the answer key)

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