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

2. Who says that good character cannot be judged by riches, poverty or courage?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Electra.
(c) Pylades.
(d) The farmer.

3. Where does Agamemnon go to fight?
(a) Troy.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Olympus.
(d) Argos.

4. Who has called a truce to attempt to make peace in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Oedipus.

5. What does Electra chide her husband for after the messenger has appeared?
(a) Mistrusting her.
(b) Not feeding her.
(c) Abusing her.
(d) Raping her.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Aegisthus offer Orestes party water?

2. What has Orestes returned to do in Electra?

3. In what city-state does Clytemnestra rule?

4. Who says our daily food is a small matter in Electra?

5. Who kills Laius in The Phoenician Women?

(see the answer key)

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