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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. Whose servant arrives with food for Electra and her guests?

2. Who does Electra tell that her husband is alive?

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

4. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?

5. Who has called a truce to attempt to make peace in The Phoenician Women?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Electra compare her situation to her mother's in part one of Electra, when speaking to the messenger (Orestes)?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the following characters from the Bacchae and their actions: Pentheus, Agave, Cadmus, Teiresius, and Coryphaeus.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the plot structure and actions which take place in The Phoenician Women. Where is the climax? What takes place in the falling action and resolution of the play?

Essay Topic 3

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

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