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

2. 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.

3. What does Aegisthus throw on the altar when with Orestes?
(a) Water.
(b) Rice.
(c) Barley.
(d) Wine.

4. What is the scene set before in The Phoenician Women?
(a) A palace.
(b) A farmhouse.
(c) A funeral pyre.
(d) A fortress.

5. What does Electra have upon hear head when she first enters the play?
(a) A crown.
(b) A water jug.
(c) A tiara.
(d) A wig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the wife of Laius?

2. How long is Agamemnon gone to war?

3. Who has Agamemnon brought back as a concubine from the war?

4. Where does The Phoenician Women take place?

5. Who does Electra call unfaithful, attractive to women, but a worthless coward underneath his pretty face?

(see the answer key)

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