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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Phoenician Women, pages 98-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Orestes returns in the end of Electra, what does he offer his sister to do with what she pleases?
(a) Clytemnestra's corpse.
(b) Pylades' corpse.
(c) The knife he used.
(d) Aegisthus' corpse.

2. Electra condemns all men who confuse what with power?
(a) Lust.
(b) Love.
(c) Rage.
(d) Money.

3. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?
(a) Argive peasant women.
(b) Thebian peasant women.
(c) Phoenician women.
(d) Trojan women.

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

5. Who is Antigone's betrothed husband the son of?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Menoeceus.
(c) Creon.
(d) The pedagogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of knife does Orestes ask for to butcher the animal?

2. When Oedipus learns the truth about his background, what does he do?

3. Where does Orestes' party find Aegisthus?

4. Who does Electra say would recognize her brother if he saw him?

5. What does Laius do with his son?

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