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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Electra, pages 42-66.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Orestes' party find Aegisthus?
(a) On the war field.
(b) Walking in a meadow.
(c) At the palace.
(d) By the fortress.

2. Who has Agamemnon brought back as a concubine from the war?
(a) Iphegenia.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Clytemnestra.

3. What is the opening scene of Electra?
(a) A castle.
(b) A tower.
(c) A farm cottage.
(d) A war field.

4. What does Orestes ask the old servant once he is discovered?
(a) Whether Agamemnon is alive.
(b) Whether his fiancee is married.
(c) Whether Aegisthus is dead.
(d) Whether he has any friends left in Argos.

5. Who enters with Orestes in his first appearance in Electra?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Jocasta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aegisthus throw on the altar when with Orestes?

2. Electra condemns all men who confuse what with power?

3. Who has a plan for how to kill Clytemnestra?

4. What does Aegisthus take to predict the future?

5. How did Orestes attain the mark the servant speaks of?

(see the answer key)

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