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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does The Phoenician Women take place?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Athens.
(c) Troy.
(d) Argos.

3. What goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?
(a) Semele.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Hera.
(d) Artemis.

4. Who does Electra tell that her husband is alive?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Orestes.

5. Who says our daily food is a small matter in Electra?
(a) Iphegenia.
(b) The farmer.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Orestes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Electra married to?

3. What has Orestes returned to do in Electra?

4. What does the chorus inform Electra of in the beginning of Electra?

5. What is Oedipus awarded for lifting the torment on Thebes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the death of Aegisthus revealed? What effect does this have on the audience?

2. How does Clytemnestra's fate show how punishment for women is different than for men?

3. What does Orestes ask of the old man at the cottage?

4. The end of the Electra reveals the author's (and likely the society's) point of view. What is it?

5. How are the deaths in the end of Electra received by the characters?

6. What led to Oedipus' downfall?

7. Who recognizes Orestes?

8. What does Electra do when she first sees Orestes?

9. What is the irony of Electra's stance on woman's subservience?

10. How is Antigone's entrance in The Phoenician Women used as an aid to the audience?

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