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

2. What does Electra ask her husband to get for them?
(a) Spices.
(b) Provisions.
(c) Gold.
(d) Weapons.

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

4. Who does Oedipus marry?
(a) Electra.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Jocasta.

5. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?
(a) Thebian peasant women.
(b) Phoenician women.
(c) Argive peasant women.
(d) Trojan women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the opening scene of Electra?

2. Orestes fears being tried for what?

3. Who does the chorus sing about that would right the wrongs being slain in Electra?

4. What does Electra's husband chastise her for doing in the beginning of Electra?

5. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus he is going to make a sacrifice for?

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