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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. Who tells Laius NOT to father a child?
(a) The Dioscuri.
(b) Teiresius.
(c) Oracles.
(d) Dionysus.

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

3. Who locks Oedipus in the palace in shame?
(a) Creon.
(b) His wife.
(c) His daughters.
(d) His sons.

4. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus that he and his party are?
(a) Thebians.
(b) Argives.
(c) Trojans.
(d) Thessalians.

5. For what does Aegisthus offer Orestes party water?
(a) To clean meat.
(b) To drink.
(c) To wash.
(d) To give to their maidens.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what is Orestes recognized?

2. When Orestes returns in the end of Electra, what does he offer his sister to do with what she pleases?

3. What does Electra chide her husband for after the messenger has appeared?

4. What god does the chorus bemoan in the last half of The Phoenician Women?

5. To whose daughter is Polyneices married?

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