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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Phoenician Women, pages 73-98.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Pentheus.
(d) Orestes.

3. What does the chorus do in Electra when Orestes is discovered?
(a) Scream.
(b) Rejoice.
(c) Weep.
(d) Run.

4. Who does Aegisthus want to kill for fear of revenge?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Pylades.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The chorus in The Phoenician Women is waiting to be sent where?

2. Who recognizes Orestes in the cottage?

3. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus that he and his party are?

4. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?

5. Who has called a truce to attempt to make peace in The Phoenician Women?

(see the answer key)

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