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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. 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) Oedipus.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Creon.

2. What does the chorus inform Electra of in the beginning of Electra?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A funeral.
(c) An upcoming feast day.
(d) Her brother's arrival.

3. Who is killed in sacrifice for the Trojan War?
(a) Hermia.
(b) Iphegenia.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Dioscuri.

4. Who does Electra explain to her guests the servant is?
(a) The one who saved Orestes.
(b) The one who works for Clytemnestra.
(c) The one who killed Agamemnon.
(d) The one who killed Pylades.

5. Who becomes Clytemnestra's lover?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Pentheus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the wife of Laius?

2. What food and provisions are brought to Electra for her and her guests?

3. How did Orestes attain the mark the servant speaks of?

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

5. Whose marriage in Electra has NOT been consummated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What of Electra's demeanor in Part Three builds the tension of the play? What does she feel when she hears word from the messenger?

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

3. Why and with whom has Orestes returned to Argos? Where do we first find him in the play Electra?

4. Who recognizes Orestes?

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

6. Who delivers the final judgment in Electra? What is it?

7. What is the central conflict in The Phoenician Women?

8. Describe briefly the theme of fate in The Phoenician Women.

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

10. What does the farmer chide Electra for as she speaks to Orestes in Part Two of Electra?

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