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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Laius' son?

3. What has Orestes returned to do in Electra?

4. What goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Orestes say of Electra's husband (as he pretends to be the messenger)?

2. What happened to Agamemnon? What does the exposition tell us happened with Orestes and Electra?

3. Why does the servant say Orestes won't be killed by approaching Aegisthus?

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. Why do the brothers in The Phoenician Women fight against fate?

9. Who are the Phoenician Women? What are their feelings in the play?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Electra. What is her lineage? Where is she now? What are her actions and objectives in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of "Power" in the play, The Phoenician Women. Who has power in the play? Who seeks it? How does this theme affect all of the main characters?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the use of imagery, symbolism, and motif in the play "The Bacchae." Define the terms and give examples of each from the text and what they represent.

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