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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Electra, pages 23-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Electra tell her husband the messengers are from?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Polyneices.

2. Who invites the messengers into the cottage?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Electra.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) The farmer.

3. Who is Agamemnon's son?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Dioscuri.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Pylades.

4. What is Aegisthus preparing to offer the goddess Nymphs in Electra?
(a) A slaughtered bull.
(b) A slaughtered dragon.
(c) A slaughtered lamb.
(d) A slaughtered virgin.

5. What food and provisions are brought to Electra for her and her guests?
(a) Lamb, onions, and potatoes.
(b) Bull, mead and water.
(c) Lamb, flowers, cheese and wine.
(d) Lamb, olives, and water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who walks around Orestes looking at him in the cottage?

2. What goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?

3. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?

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

5. Who enters with Orestes in his first appearance in Electra?

(see the answer key)

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