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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Phoenician Women, pages 114-140.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes the first year of rule over Thebes, but will not give up the throne when it comes time for his brother to take over?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Creon.

2. When Oedipus learns the truth about his background, what does he do?
(a) Leaves Thebes.
(b) Divorces his wife.
(c) Kills himself.
(d) Gouges out his eyes.

3. Who retreats when realizing the gods are against him?
(a) Creon.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) Adrastus.
(d) Eteocles.

4. Who does Electra NOT want the body to be seen by?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Clytemnestra.

5. Who walks around Orestes looking at him in the cottage?
(a) The servant.
(b) Electra.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Jocasta.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Orestes returns in the end of Electra, what does he offer his sister to do with what she pleases?

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

3. Who is the new leader of Thebes at the end of The Phoenician Women?

4. Who attacks with spears, but is fought off by the Thebian army in The Phoenician Women?

5. Who kills Agamemnon?

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